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男やもめに蛆がわく【おとこやもめにうじがわくotokoyamomeniujigawaku】男やもめにうじがわく・男鰥に蛆が湧く

expression:

  • widowers are untidy; a man alone soon goes to seed; a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him - proverb
知らぬが仏【しらぬがほとけshiranugahotoke】

expression:

  • ignorance is bliss - proverb
知者も千慮に一失【ちしゃもせんりょにいっしつchishamosenryoniisshitsu】

expression:

  • even Homer sometimes nods - proverb
地獄の沙汰も金次第【じごくのさたもかねしだいjigokunosatamokaneshidai】

expression:

  • money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb
茶腹も一時【ちゃばらもいっときchabaramoittoki】

expression:

  • anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb
忠言耳に逆らう【ちゅうげんみみにさからうchuugenmiminisakarau】

expression:

  • good advice is harsh to the ear - proverb
朝起きは三文の徳【あさおきはさんもんのとくasaokihasanmonnotoku】

expression:

  • the early bird catches the worm - proverb
長所は短所【ちょうしょはたんしょchoushohatansho】

expression:

  • if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness - proverb
沈香も焚かず屁も放らず【じんこうもたかずへもひらずjinkoumotakazuhemohirazu】

expression:

  • his faults are few, but so are his virtues - proverb
釣り落とした魚は大きい【つりおとしたさかなはおおきいtsuriotoshitasakanahaookii】

expression:

  • the biggest fish is always the one that got away - proverb
鉄は熱いうちに鍛えよ【てつはあついうちにきたえよtetsuhaatsuiuchinikitaeyo】鉄は熱い内に鍛えよ

expression:

  • strike while the iron is hot - proverb
天は二物を与えず【てんはにぶつをあたえずtenhanibutsuwoataezu】

expression:

  • God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb
天高く馬肥ゆる秋【てんたかくうまこゆるあきtentakakuumakoyuruaki】

expression:

  • autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout [literal]; autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather - proverb
転んでもただは起きぬ【ころんでもただはおきぬkorondemotadahaokinu】転んでも只は起きぬ

expression:

東は東西は西【ひがしはひがしにしはにしhigashihahigashinishihanishi】

expression:

  • East is East, and West is West - proverb
桃李もの言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す【とうりものいわざれどもしたおのずからみちをなすtourimonoiwazaredomoshitaonozukaramichiwonasu】桃李物言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す・桃李物言わざれども下自ずから蹊を成す

expression:

  • a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers; good wine speaks for itself - proverb
盗人にも三分の理【ぬすびとにもさんぶのりnusubitonimosanbunori】

expression:

  • the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons - proverb
盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり【ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなりnusubitowotoraetemirebawagakonari】

expression:

  • the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb
逃がした魚は大きい【にがしたさかなはおおきいnigashitasakanahaookii】

expression:

  • the biggest fish is always the one that got away - proverb
逃げるが勝ち【にげるがかちnigerugakachi】

expression:

  • he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb
同日の論ではない【どうじつのろんではないdoujitsunorondehanai】

expression:

  • there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb
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nitowooumonohaittowomoezu】

expression:

  • if you run after two hares you will catch neither - proverb
二度あることは三度ある【にどあることはさんどあるnidoarukotohasandoaru】二度ある事は三度ある

expression:

  • what happens twice will happen thrice - proverb
日暮れて道遠し【ひくれてみちとおしhikuretemichitooshi】

expression:

  • the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off - proverb
入るを量りて出ずるを制す【いるをはかりていずるをせいすiruwohakariteizuruwoseisu】入るを計りて出ずるを制す

expression:

  • cut your coat according to your cloth - proverb
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