father skimps money and his son squanders it

like father like son

Beggarly father and boastful son.

Enmity with elders and friendship with their children.

become pregnant, food to get into the stomach

to be very hungry, feeling very hungry

be precocious

have bread in the belly

be convulsed with laughter, have a twisting pain in stomach due to hunger

(of children) have bellyache due to constipation

be precocious, show certain signs of cleverness at an early age (said of a clever boy)

a moody fellow is not reliable, he may be very nice one moment and may turn very nasty in the next

to recognize the talents of a child while he/ she is very young

rumbling of the stomach

stomach upset, indigestion

be very sly

be naughtier than usual, be more wicked than appear

an imaginary player in a children's game

signs of future character are visible in childhood, coming events cast their shadow