Results, #proverb
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- 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ【けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ】鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ
expression:
- better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb
- 芸術は長く人生は短し【げいじゅつはながくじんせいはみじかし】
expression:
- art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis - proverb
- 健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る【けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどる】
expression:
- a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano - proverb
- 見ると聞くとは大違い【みるときくとはおおちがい】
expression:
- there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb
- 後は野となれ山となれ【あとはのとなれやまとなれ】
expression:
- I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb
- 乞食を三日すればやめられぬ【こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ】乞食を三日すれば止められぬ
expression:
- once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb
- 口は禍の元【くちはわざわいのもと】口は災いの元
expression:
- words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb
- 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる【のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる】
expression:
- danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object) [literal] - proverb
- 好きこそものの上手なれ【すきこそもののじょうずなれ】好きこそ物の上手なれ
expression:
- what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing - proverb
- 孝行のしたい時分に親はなし【こうこうのしたいじぶんにおやはなし】孝行のしたい時分に親は無し
expression:
- when you wish to be filial, your parents are gone - proverb
- 慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない【あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない】慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない
expression:
- slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb
- 降り懸かる火の粉は払わねばならぬ【ふりかかるひのこははらわねばならぬ】
expression:
- you must protect yourself against any possible dangers - proverb
- この親にしてこの子あり【このおやにしてこのこあり】此の親にして此の子あり・此の親にして此の子有り・此の親にしてこの子あり
expression:
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son - proverb
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