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。

• 蛙の子は蛙かえるのこはかえるlike father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog
• 血は水よりも濃いちはみずよりもこいblood is thicker than water
• 覆水盆に返らずふくすいぼんにかえらずwhat's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray
• 見ぬが花みぬがはなreality can not compete with imagination; prospect is often better than possession
• 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はないおやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはないalways listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
• 言わぬが花いわぬがはなsome things are better left unsaid; silence is golden