Results, #proverb

Showing results 26-50:

馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない【ばかはしななきゃなおらないbakahashinanakyanaoranai】バカは死ななきゃ治らない【バカはしななきゃなおらないBAKAhashinanakyanaoranai】: expression:
once a fool, always a fool; stupidity won't be cured without death [literal] - proverb
必要は発明の母【ひつようははつめいのははhitsuyouhahatsumeinohaha】: expression:
necessity is the mother of invention - proverb
覆水盆に返らず【ふくすいぼんにかえらずfukusuibonnikaerazu】覆水盆に帰らず^irr.: expression:
what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb
仏の顔も三度【ほとけのかおもさんどhotokenokaomosando】: expression:
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い【ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくいbouzunikukeryakesamadenikui】: expression:
If you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments [literal] - proverb
落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず【らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさずrakkaedanikaerazuhakyoufutatabiterasazu】: expression:
fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb
李下に冠を正さず【りかにかんむりをたださずrikanikanmuriwotadasazu】李下に冠を整さず: expression:
leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb
立つ鳥跡を濁さず【たつとりあとをにごさずtatsutoriatowonigosazu】: 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】
屁と火事はもとから騒ぐ【へとかじはもとからさわぐhetokajihamotokarasawagu】: expression:
it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb
屁をひって尻窄め【へをひってしりつぼめhewohitteshiritsubome】: expression:
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted [literal] - proverb
蓼食う虫も好き好き【たでくうむしもすきずきtadekuumushimosukizuki】: expression:
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb
貧すれば鈍する【ひんすればどんするhinsurebadonsuru】: expression:
poverty dulls the wit - proverb
転石苔を生ぜず【てんせきこけをしょうぜずtensekikokewoshouzezu】: expression:
a rolling stone gathers no moss - proverb
子を見ること親に如かず【こをみることおやにしかずkowomirukotooyanishikazu】子を見る事親に如かず: expression:
the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb
用心するに如くはない【ようじんするにしくはないyoujinsurunishikuhanai】: expression:
caution is the best policy - proverb
窮すれば通ず【きゅうすればつうずkyuusurebatsuuzu】: expression:
necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb
無くて七癖【なくてななくせnakutenanakuse】なくて七癖: expression:
every person has their eccentricities - proverb
虻蜂取らず・あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらずABUHACHItorazu】虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】: expression:
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb
河童の川流れ【かっぱのかわながれkappanokawanagare】: expression:
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb
魚心あれば水心【うおごころあればみずごころuogokoroarebamizugokoro】: 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]; mutual back-scratching - proverb
女心と秋の空【おんなごころとあきのそらonnagokorotoakinosora】: expression:
autumn weather is as fickle as a woman's heart - orig. 男心と秋の空 - proverb ➜ 男心と秋の空
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず【てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさずtenmoukaikaisonishitemorasazu】: expression:
heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes - proverb
氏より育ち【うじよりそだちujiyorisodachi】: expression:
nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb
至弱をもって至強にあたる【しじゃくをもってしきょうにあたるshijakuwomotteshikyouniataru】: expression:
attack your enemy's strength with your weakness - proverb - obscure term
二君に仕えず【にくんにつかえずnikunnitsukaezu】: expression:
one can not serve two masters - proverb

Kanji

No Kanji in this term

© Based on JMdict, KANJIDIC2, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. Example sentences from the Tatoeba project (CC BY 2.0). Kanji stroke order data from the KanjiVG project by Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). See comprehensive list of data sources for more info.

Search other dictionaries for #proverb:
Yahoo!辞書 / goo辞書 / alc.co.jp / Weblio / Wiktionary