貧びん乏ぼう人にんの子こ沢だく山さん

expression

the poor have many children

Proverb noting that poorer families tend to have more children. Often used to comment on the relationship between poverty and family size, sometimes with a resigned or wry tone.

• 昔むかしは「貧びん乏ぼう人にんの子こ沢だく山さん」と言いわれたものだ。

  In the old days, they used to say, 'the poor have many children.'

• 貧びん乏ぼう人にんの子こ沢だく山さんで、彼かれの家いえはいつもにぎやかだった。

  True to the saying 'the poor have many children,' his house was always lively.