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ヤナギノシタニイツモドジョウハイナイ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
Alt. forms
柳やなぎの下したにいつも泥鰌どじょうはいない
柳やなぎの下したに何い時つも泥鰌どじょうは居いない
ヤナギノシタニイツモドジョウハイナイ
Composed of
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
being (somewhere); sitting