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大事の前の小事【だいじのまえのしょうじdaijinomaenoshouji】

expression:

  • don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
  • read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
大男総身に知恵が回り兼ね【おおおとこそうみにちえがまわりかねoootokosouminichiegamawarikane】大男総身に知恵が回りかね

expression:

  • big heads have little wit - proverb
タダより高いものはない・タダより高いものは無い【タダよりたかいものはないTADAyoritakaimonohanai】ただより高いものはない・只より高いものはない・只より高いものは無い【ただよりたかいものはないtadayoritakaimonohanai】

expression:

  • nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb
叩けよさらば開かれん【たたけよさらばひらかれんtatakeyosarabahirakaren】叩けよ然らば開かれん

expression:

  • knock, and it shall be opened unto you; God answers prayers - from Matthew 7:7 - proverb
短気は損気【たんきはそんきtankihasonki】

expression:

  • haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel - proverb
断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く【だんじておこなえばきしんもこれをさくdanjiteokonaebakishinmokorewosaku】

expression:

  • where there's a will, there's a way - proverb
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
知ったことか【しったことかshittakotoka】知った事か

expression:

  • I have nothing to do with it
知らぬが仏【しらぬがほとけshiranugahotoke】

expression:

  • ignorance is bliss - proverb
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり【しらぬはていしゅばかりなりshiranuhateishubakarinari】知らぬは亭主許り也

expression:

  • the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom
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
鳥無き里の蝙蝠【とりなきさとのこうもりtorinakisatonokoumori】

expression / noun:

  • a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom
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
笛吹けども踊らず【ふえふけどもおどらずfuefukedomoodorazu】

expression:

  • we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom
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:

刀折れ矢尽きる【かたなおれやつきるkatanaoreyatsukiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to exhaust all one's options - idiom
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