Results, #proverb
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- 己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れ【おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ】己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ
noun:
- do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you - proverb ➜ 己所不欲勿施於人
- 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず【せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず】
expression:
- to rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox [literal] - proverb
- 宝さかって入る時はさかって出る【たからさかっているときはさかってでる】
expression:
- ill-gotten gains fade as fast as they were obtained - proverb
- 宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る【たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる】
expression:
- though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い【だすことはしたをだすもきらい】出す事は舌を出すも嫌い
expression:
- being exceptionally stingy - obscure term - proverb
- 犬も歩けば棒に当たる【いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる】犬も歩けば棒に当る・犬もあるけば棒に当たる
expression:
- no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you - proverb
- good luck may come unexpectedly - proverb
- 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず【とぶとりあとをにごさず】
expression:
- it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず
- 子は鎹【こはかすがい】子はかすがい
expression:
- children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb
- 親しき仲にも礼儀あり【したしきなかにもれいぎあり】親しき仲にも礼儀有り・親しき中にも礼儀あり・親しき中にも礼儀有り
expression:
- good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb
- 勇将の下に弱卒無し【ゆうしょうのもとにじゃくそつなし】勇将の下に弱卒なし
expression:
- there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general - proverb
- 男に二言はない【おとこににごんはない】男に二言は無い
expression:
- a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】
- 備えあれば憂いなし【そなえあればうれいなし】備えあればうれいなし・備えあれば患いなし・備えあれば患なし・備えあれば憂い無し・備えあれば患い無し
expression:
- if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm - proverb
- 情けは人の為ならず【なさけはひとのためならず】情けは人のためならず
expression:
- the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; compassion is not for other people's benefit [literal] - proverb
- you can't save others (from themselves) - incorrect usage - proverb
- 背に腹は替えられぬ【せにはらはかえられぬ】背に腹はかえられぬ・背に腹は代えられぬ・背に腹は変えられぬ
expression:
- you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice - proverb ➜ 背に腹はかえられない
- カエサルの物はカエサルに【カエサルのものはカエサルに】
expression:
- render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's - from Matthew 22:21 - proverb
- 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ【にっこうをみずしてけっこうというなかれ】
expression:
- see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ ナポリを見てから死ね
- 船頭多くして船山に登る【せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる】船頭多くして船山に上る
expression:
- too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain [literal] - proverb
- 案ずるより産むが易し【あんずるよりうむがやすし】案ずるより生むが易し
expression:
- it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb
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