# Kinder, die was wollen, kriegen was auf die Bollen

Kinder, die was wollen, kriegen was auf die Bollen is a German expression meaning “a phrase used to teach children that they should say ich möchte or ich hätte gern (“I’d like”) instead of ich will (“I want”)”.

## Meanings

1. a phrase used to teach children that they should say ich möchte or ich hätte gern instead of ich will

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Kinder%2C%20die%20was%20wollen%2C%20kriegen%20was%20auf%20die%20Bollen