text: an italian proverb : " parents are serpents , brothers are stabs " . is there something true in it ? the italian proverb says : " parenti serpenti , fratelli coltelli " . well i think we hv alot of things make us to think about our families in a better way... of course there r many reasons make me upset from my family members... but never lead to call them serpents and stabs.. on the other hand, in arab world we hv a similar proverb says: relatives are scorpions!