ことわざ・慣用句

日本語のことわざ、四字熟語、慣用句 — JMdict より。

• 名は体を表すなはたいをあらわすnames and natures do often agree
• 君父の讐は倶に天を戴かずくんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかずnot wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord
• 商いは牛のよだれあきないはうしのよだれone should not rush to make a profit; business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
• 問うは一度の恥、問わぬは末代の恥とうはいちどのはじ、とわぬはまつだいのはじbetter to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
• 問うは一旦の恥、問わぬは末代の恥とうはいったんのはじ、とわぬはまつだいのはじbetter to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
• 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れるのどもとすぎればあつさをわすれるdanger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)