- English translation
A jeweler’s daughter longs for an ornament her father can readily make.
- Literal wording
The jeweler’s daughter wished her father would make her a double-strand pearl necklace.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying concerns a person who desires something that can be obtained with little difficulty through someone close to them. It highlights the oddity of wanting as a distant wish what is already readily available through that person's position or ability.
Its image centers on a jeweler whose work directly provides the double-strand pearl necklace his daughter wants. The proverb therefore points to a desire whose fulfillment is unusually easy because the needed skill or provision is already present in the family.
- When it is used
Use it of someone who longs for or requests something easily obtainable through a close person’s particular skill, work, or resources. It draws attention to how near and available the desired thing already is, rather than endorsing assumptions about any family or occupation.
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