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by agarttha • 2 years ago

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tmtvl• 2 years ago

There are two Japanese idioms I really like:

1. Kawara wa migaite mo tama ni naranu, no matter how much you polish a roof tile it won't become a gemstone.

2. Kawara mo migakeba nara tama to naru, if you polish it enough even a roof tile will become a gemstone.

I just like having those two contradictions.

gentile• 2 years ago

I like:

Kaeru no tsura ni shonnbenn, カエルの面に小便, (Like) piss on a frogs face;

Basically the idiom "like water off a ducks back"

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