Proverbs

Type: Proverb
Results: 11–20 of 110
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よわりめにたたりめ (yowarime ni tatarime)

When it rains, it pours

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やけいしにみず (yakeishi ni mizu)

A drop in the ocean

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きじもなかずばうたれまい (kiji mo nakazuba utaremai)

Let sleeping dogs lie

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あすはわがみ (asu wa wagami)

There but for the grace of God go I

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たなからぼたもち (tana kara botamochi)

A windfall

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ぬれてであわ (nurete de awa)

Money for nothing

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ねみみにみず (nemimi ni mizu)

A bolt from the blue

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いちなんさってまたいちなん (ichinan satte mata ichinan)

Out of the frying pan into the fire

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いちをきいてじゅうをしる (ichi o kiite jū o shiru)

A word to the wise is sufficient

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どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう (dorobō o toraete nawa o nau)

Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted