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過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し【すぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとしsugitaruhanaooyobazarugagotoshi】過ぎたるはなお及ばざるが如し・過ぎたるはなお及ばざるがごとし

expression:

  • the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb
色気より食い気【いろけよりくいけirokeyorikuike】色気より食気

expression:

  • fair words fill not the belly; food before romance - proverb
噂をすれば影が射す【うわさをすればかげがさすuwasawosurebakagegasasu】噂をすれば影がさす

expression:

  • speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb
思い立ったが吉日【おもいたったがきちじつomoitattagakichijitsu・おもいたったがきちにちomoitattagakichinichi】

expression:

  • no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb
噂をすれば影【うわさをすればかげuwasawosurebakage】

expression:

英雄色を好む【えいゆういろをこのむeiyuuirowokonomu】

expression:

  • great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures - proverb
正直者が馬鹿を見る【しょうじきものがばかをみるshoujikimonogabakawomiru】

expression:

  • honesty doesn't pay; life is unfair - proverb
鬼が出るか蛇が出るか【おにがでるかじゃがでるかonigaderukajagaderuka】

expression:

  • God only knows what may happen - proverb
転ばぬ先の杖【ころばぬさきのつえkorobanusakinotsue】

expression:

  • prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb
下手な考え休むに似たり【へたなかんがえやすむににたりhetanakangaeyasumuninitari】

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり
去る者追わず【さるものおわずsarumonoowazu】

expression:

  • do not chase the one who leaves - proverb
来る者拒まず【くるものこばまずkurumonokobamazu】

expression:

来る者は拒まず【くるものはこばまずkurumonohakobamazu】

expression:

朝マラの立たぬ男に金貸すな【あさマラのたたぬおとこにかねかすなasaMARAnotatanuotokonikanekasuna】

expression:

  • don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb
用心するに越したことはない【ようじんするにこしたことはないyoujinsurunikoshitakotohanai】用心するにこしたことはない

expression:

  • better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb
ナポリを見て死ね【ナポリをみてしねNAPORIwomiteshine】

expression:

  • see Naples and die - proverb
ローマは一日にして成らず【ローマはいちにちにしてならずROOMAhaichinichinishitenarazu】ローマは一日にしてならず

expression:

  • Rome was not built in a day - proverb
アホにつける薬なし・アホに付ける薬なし【アホにつけるくすりなしAHOnitsukerukusurinashi】阿呆に付ける薬なし・阿呆に付ける薬無し【あほうにつけるくすりなしahounitsukerukusurinashi】

expression:

悪い事は出来ぬもの【わるいことはできぬものwaruikotohadekinumono】

expression:

  • murder will out - proverb - archaism
悪人は畳の上では死ねない【あくにんはたたみのうえではしねないakuninhatataminouedehashinenai】

expression:

  • a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed - proverb
悪法もまた法なり【あくほうもまたほうなりakuhoumomatahounari】悪法も又法なり

expression:

  • a law is a law, however undesirable it may be - from a quote from Socrates - proverb
なるようになるnaruyouninaru《なる様になる・成るように成る・成る様に成る・為るように為る・為る様に為る》

expression:

  • let nature take its course; what will be will be - proverb
衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ【ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬkoromobakarideoshouhadekinu】衣許りで和尚は出来ぬ

expression:

  • the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb
一寸の虫にも五分の魂【いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいissunnomushinimogobunotamashii】

expression:

  • tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb
一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く【いっせんをわらうものはいっせんになくissenwowaraumonohaissenninaku】

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