introduce the shoemaker to the tailor

To kick someone in the buttocks. Primarily heard in UK. If you don't leave me alone, I'll introduce the shoemaker to the tailor! Kids, if you don't get moving, I'm gonna introduce the shoemaker to the tailor! We've got to get him out of the bar before he drunkenly introduces the shoemaker to the tailor and get us all in trouble.

See also: introduce, shoemaker, tailor, to

the shoemaker's children go barefoot

proverb Someone who is busy using their skills for the sake of other people often neglects to look after themselves or their family. A: "Isn't their mother a seamstress? Why are their clothes always so tattered?" B: "Well, you know what they say—the shoemaker's children go barefoot." My father is one of the top architects in the world, designing some of the most extravagant and innovative buildings in existence, yet we still live in this pokey little cottage. The shoemaker's children go barefoot, I guess.

the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

proverb Someone who is busy using their skills for the sake of other people often neglects to look after themselves or their family. A: "Isn't their mother a seamstress? Why are their clothes always so tattered?" B: "Well, you know what they say—the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot." My father is one of the top architects in the world, designing some of the most extravagant and innovative buildings in existence, yet we still live in this pokey little cottage. The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot, I guess.