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- 馬に乗るまでは牛に乗れ【うまにのるまではうしにのれ】
expression:
- learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow [literal] - proverb
- お世辞にもうまいとは言えない【おせじにもうまいとはいえない】お世辞にもうまいとはいえない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good
- 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむ【おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ】
expression:
- if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed - from the Analects of Confucius - archaism - proverb
- 悪いことは言わない【わるいことはいわない】悪い事は言わない・悪いことはいわない・悪い事はいわない
expression:
- I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
- 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず【にとをおうものはいっとをもえず】
expression:
- if you run after two hares you will catch neither - proverb
- 返礼品【へんれいひん】
noun:
- thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
- gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税
- 魚心あれば水心あり【うおこころあればみずこころあり】魚心有れば水心有り
expression:
- if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心
- 人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え【ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ】
expression:
- take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies [literal] - proverb
- 病んで後初めて健康の価値を知る【やんでのちはじめてけんこうのかちをしる】
expression:
- you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term
- 豚を盗んで骨を施す【ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこす】
expression:
- you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb
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