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2844869 jmdict A [id=2296099]
借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔；借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔[sK]；借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔[sK]；借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔[sK]
かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお
[1][exp][proverb]
  people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; 
  [lit] when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha\; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
  [see=1421330・地蔵[1]]
  [see=1573970・閻魔[1]]

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