parents' love can't be measured by money

[Sun14]

Hello, my friends,

I was wondering if it's idiomatic to say(especially for the underlined and bold part):

Parents love can't be measured by money.

Context: I told my friend in China children hardly borrow money from their parents. Then I add the reason. It's because parents don't want them to return anything because parents in China are willing to give whatever they have and never think about getting something in return. Besides, if children want to return money, that means they know they own their parents. But how much they owe is really difficult to calculate.

 

[Contraine]

My opinion is that an apostrophe after "Parents" would make the sentence correct and idiomatic.

 

[Glasguensis]

We typically use “measured in” when making a statement like this.

 

[Sun14]

My opinion is that an apostrophe after "Parents" would make the sentence correct and idiomatic.

That’s a typo. I found it and corrected the title already.

 

[Sun14]

We typically use “measured in” when making a statement like this.

Do you mean aside from the preposition the other parts are fine?

 

[cidertree]

In your context, you mention children borrowing/owing money, and parents 'giving money'. Your sentence (≈ money≠love) touches on none of this.

 

[Sun14]

In your context, you mention children borrowing/owing money, and parents 'giving money'. Your sentence (≈ money≠love) touches on none of this.

I just want to tell people in China love is far more than money so when parents start to calculate how much the child owe to them. It’s really uncountable. So it won’t happen.

 

[Sun14]

Maybe the context is not clear. Let me present a simpler context: The child asked his parents to borrow money from them but their parents advise him not to say so because they don’t want him to return the money because that’s his parents love.

“Parents love can't be measured in money.”

 

[Glasguensis]

You could use this sentence as a complement to something which actually addresses the question asked. If my parents responded with such a cryptic “saying”, I’d assume they were refusing to give me the money.

 

[AutumnOwl]

I just want to tell people in China love is far more than money so when parents start to calculate how much the child owe to them. It’s really uncountable. So it won’t happen.

To measure the parents love for their children in their ability to give them money sounds as if parents who don't have money to give their children doesn't love their children.

Maybe the context is not clear. Let me present a simpler context: The child asked his parents to borrow money from them but their parents advise him not to say so because they don’t want him to return the money because that’s his parents love.

“Parents love can't be measured in money.”

" You don't need to ask to borrow money, we will give it to you because we love you."

 

[Sun14]

You could use this sentence as a complement to something which actually addresses the question asked. If my parents responded with such a cryptic “saying”, I’d assume they were refusing to give me the money.

In my context, I would describe they gave the money first and kindly and warmly said it to their children.

 

[Sun14]

To measure the parents love for their children in their ability to give them money sounds as if parents who don't have money to give their children doesn't love their children.

" You don't need to ask to borrow money, we will give it to you because we love you."

This is fine. Here I'd like to show them the relationship between money and love.

 

[cidertree]

What relationship would that be?

 

[Sun14]

What relationship would that be?

Love is far more than money. So we talk about the love between the parents and the child. The love from the parents are deep and can't be measured.

 

[cidertree]

I'm still not sure how it fits though. When you compare money (far less) to love (far more), there's some metric involved - measuring.

 

[AutumnOwl]

Love is far more than money. So we talk about the love between the parents and the child. The love from the parents are deep and can't be measured.

Perhaps a sentence involving giving money instead of borrowing money to children as a sign of parental love would work, and be understood in China, but to me, and it seems to others here too, that feels as an odd way to measure parental love.

I would expect a saying like: A parent's love for their child is unconditional.
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