Meaning of no one in the other's head (what is it, concept and definition)

What is Nobody scorn in other people's heads:

"No one is scornful of others" is a popular saying that means that we are only capable of learning from our own experiences and not from those of others.

The mistakes, mistakes, and adversities of other people can be a tremendous source of learning for ourselves.

However, many times, we ignore all that amount of experience accumulated in others (our parents and grandparents, our friends and brothers) and we prefer not to take it into account. So we end up making the same mistakes, tripping over the same stone.

Sometimes, then, the experiences of others are not enough to convince or disappoint us of what we should or should not do. And we only learn when we live in our own flesh what we could have saved.

That is why we say that “no one should scorn anyone else's head”, since personal experience is the basis on which our conduct, behavior, actions and decisions are determined.

Sometimes, only what we have lived and that has left a mark on us is what we consider as valid knowledge and experience for our lives.

This can sometimes be a big mistake, because it involves ignoring a large number of experiences that have been transmitted to us through others, from people like our parents, siblings or friends.

So, this proverb also has the idea that ignoring, not following advice is a big mistake if we want to avoid certain problems or difficulties.

An example where we can use the saying "no one cheats on someone else's head" is that of a child who has been warned not to put his hand near the kitchen fire because he could get burned. The boy, however, ignores it, and one day he puts his hand on the fire and burns himself. Only then does the child learn.

In English, a possible way of translating the expression "no one scolds another's head" into English is " you can't lern from another's mistakes ", which we can translate into Spanish as 'you can't learn from the mistakes of others'.

See also He who does not hear advice does not grow old.