Results, #proverb

時は金なり^☆【ときはかねなりtokihakanenari】時は金也・時は金成り^irr.: expression:
time is money - proverb
隣の芝生は青い【となりのしばふはあおいtonarinoshibafuhaaoi】となりの芝生は青い: expression:
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb
井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらずinonakanokawazutaikaiwoshirazu】: expression:
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb
雨降って地固まる【あめふってじかたまるamefuttejikatamaru】: expression:
adversity strengthens the foundations - proverb
猿も木から落ちる【さるもきからおちるsarumokikaraochiru】: expression:
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb
果報は寝て待て【かほうはねてまてkahouhanetemate】: expression:
good things come to those who wait - proverb
蛙の子は蛙【かえるのこはかえるkaerunokohakaeru】: expression:
like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb
甘言は偶人を喜ばす【かんげんはぐうじんをよろこばすkangenhaguujinwoyorokobasu】: expression:
sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools - proverb
急がば回れ【いそがばまわれisogabamaware】急がば廻れ: expression:
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb
郷に入っては郷に従え【ごうにいってはごうにしたがえgouniittehagounishitagae】: expression:
when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb
言わぬが花【いわぬがはなiwanugahana】: expression:
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden - proverb
光陰矢のごとし【こういんやのごとしkouin'yanogotoshi】光陰矢の如し: expression:
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb
三人寄れば文殊の知恵【さんにんよればもんじゅのちえsannin'yorebamonjunochie】三人よれば文殊の知恵: expression:
two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊
失敗は成功のもと【しっぱいはせいこうのもとshippaihaseikounomoto】失敗は成功の元・失敗は成功の基: expression:
failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success - proverb
弱り目に祟り目【よわりめにたたりめyowarimenitatarime】: expression:
misfortunes never come singly - proverb
住めば都【すめばみやこsumebamiyako】: expression:
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home - proverb
出る釘は打たれる【でるくぎはうたれるderukugihautareru】: expression:
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる
tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる
春眠暁を覚えず【しゅんみんあかつきをおぼえずshunmin'akatsukiwooboezu】: expression:
in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb
女三人寄れば姦しい【おんなさんにんよればかしましいonnasannin'yorebakashimashii】: expression:
three women make a market - proverb
人間万事塞翁が馬【にんげんばんじさいおうがうまningenbanjisaiougauma・じんかんばんじさいおうがうまjinkanbanjisaiougauma】: expression:
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb
善は急げ【ぜんはいそげzenhaisoge】: expression:
move with haste (when you have no doubts) - proverb ➜ 悪は延べよ
地震雷火事親父【じしんかみなりかじおやじjishinkaminarikajioyaji】地震雷火事親爺: expression:
one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb
灯台下暗し【とうだいもとくらしtoudaimotokurashi】灯台もと暗し: expression:
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb
同病相憐れむ【どうびょうあいあわれむdoubyouaiawaremu】同病相哀れむ: expression:
fellow sufferers pity each other - proverb
能ある鷹は爪を隠す【のうあるたかはつめをかくすnouarutakahatsumewokakusu】能有る鷹は爪を隠す・脳ある鷹は爪を隠す^irr.: expression:
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

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