Meaning of In Blacksmith's House Stick Knife (What is it, Concept and Definition)

What is Blacksmith's house knife stick:

"Blacksmith's house wood knife" is a popular saying to the paradox that certain things are missing in places where they should abound .As such, it is a saying originating in Spain and very popular both in Spain and in America.

In this sense , is a saying that hides a certain warning towards those who neglect in their own home the things with which, outside of it, they earn bread.

Thus, it is interpreted that in the house of a blacksmith should be, precisely, the place where utensils and instruments should be wrought in iron.Hence the refrain points out the paradox of some life situations: a chef who never cooks at home, the broken down car of a mechanic or careless teeth of the children of a dentist.

This saying, however, has some variants .The oldest is “at casa del herre ro mangorrero knife ”, where by“ mangorrero knife ”we understand a certain genre of coarse and poorly forged knife.

Also, today you can also hear:“ at the blacksmith's house, wooden badil ”,“ at home of the blacksmith, roaster of stick "," in the house of the blacksmith, roaster of wood "," in the house of blacksmith stick of wood "or" in the house of the blacksmith, wooden spoon ".of a hyper-correction according to which it is absurd to think of a knife made of wood, so that the knife has been exchanged for the spoon.

In English , the equivalent saying would come to be "the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot ", which translates "the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot."

Finally, the saying can also refer to to children who do not follow the same career as their parents.

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