expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

expression:

• give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard - proverb

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have one's knees be about to give way - idiom

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• one should not interfere in lover's quarrels - proverb

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

expression:

• an army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach [literal] - proverb

expression:

• moderation is its own medicine; take care of your stomach; don't overeat - proverb

expression:

• things depend on how you look at them - proverb

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

expression:

• be careful what you say; consider your words - proverb ➜ 物も言い様で角が立つ

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

expression:

• silence is golden - proverb

expression:

• if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second - idiom

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen - proverb