貧びん乏ぼう子こ沢だく山さん

expression

poor households have many children

Proverb noting that poorer families tend to have more children. Often used with a resigned or ironic tone. Compare with 貧乏人の子沢山.

See also: 貧乏人の子沢山

• 昔むかしは貧びん乏ぼう子こ沢だく山さんと言いわれたものだ。

  They used to say that poor households have many children.

• 貧びん乏ぼう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 'poor households have many children,' his home was always lively.