Definition of 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ)
やなぎしたどじょう
柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ
やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ
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a fox is not taken twice in the same snare, there are no birds in last year's nest, there aren't always loaches under the willow tree(proverb)
Other readings:
柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬ【やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ】
Related Kanji
| 柳 | willow |
| 下 | below, down, descend, give, low, inferior |
| 泥 | mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to |
| 鰌 | loach (fish) |
| 何 | what |
| 時 | time, hour |
| 居 | reside, to be, exist, live with |