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)

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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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expression
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
willow
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
loach (fish)
what
time, hour
reside, to be, exist, live with