from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations
- from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations
Shirtsleeves denote the need to work hard for one’s living. This saying has been attributed to A. Carnegie (1835–1919), manufacturer and philanthropist, but is not found in his published writings.
from clogs to clogs is only three generations expresses the same idea.
1907 N. M. BUTLER True & False Democracy ii. No artificial class distinctions can long prevail in a society like ours [in the US] of which it is truly said to be often but three generations ‘from shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves’.
1957 J. S. BRUNER in Psychological Review LXIV. 125 From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations: we are back with the founding and founded content of the pre-Gestalt Gestalters.
1980 J. KRANTZ Princess Daisy xvii. What’s this? Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.
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