Appendix:Terms with no English equivalent/those who can't use their head must use their back

This page lists translations of a phrase that is used idiomatically in numerous languages other than English, but has no idiomatic English equivalent.

English

Proverb

those who can't use their head must use their back

1. Those who do not think (especially those who forget an item) have to make a physical effort to deal with the consequences.

Translations

Translations

• Czech: co není v hlavě, musí být v nohou
• Finnish: tyhmästä päästä kärsii koko ruumis
• Galician: o que non ten cabeza ten pés
• German: was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen (de)
• Hungarian: feledékeny ember kétszer jár
• Italian: chi non ha testa abbia gambe
• Latin: pedibus compensanda est memoria
• Serbo-Croatian: tko nema u glavi, ima u nogama
• Swedish: det man inte har i huvudet får man ha i benen (sv)
• Turkish: akılsız başın cezasını ayaklar çeker