2856828 jmdict A [id=2215970]
ごめんで済むなら警察はいらない
ごめんですむならけいさつはいらない
[1][exp]
just saying sorry isn't enough; sorry won't cut it;
[lit] if "sorry" were all it took (to settle things), we wouldn't need police
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