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<k_ele>
<keb>挨拶より円札</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>あいさつよりえんさつ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<misc>&joc;</misc>
<s_inf>pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ</s_inf>
<gloss>money speaks louder than words</gloss>
<gloss>money is better than (empty) words</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">yen bills over salutations</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-02-11 20:34:18" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>jawiktionary
http://www.takaraka.net/koji-kotowaza/a/a-a/a-010.html
挨拶より円札	3
Appears in lots of kotowaza dictionaries on Google 
Books, going back to at least the 60's:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?
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UX-mMKHc1sB8gQ_AUIDygA&amp;biw=1274&amp;bih=725</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-02-11 22:38:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;money is better than (empty) words&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-02-14 03:01:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>