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jmdict 2735520 Active (id: 1107911)
油断禁物
ゆだんきんもつ
1. [exp]
▶ be on your guard!
▶ take care!
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2737650 油断は禁物【ゆだんはきんもつ】 1. be on your guard!; take care!



History:
5. A 2012-08-22 11:53:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
See 2737650.
  Diff:
@@ -11,2 +11,4 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>cannot be lightly treated. Carelessness can be very dangerous.</gloss>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2737650">油断は禁物・ゆだんはきんもつ</xref>
+<gloss>be on your guard!</gloss>
+<gloss>take care!</gloss>
4. A* 2012-08-22 08:44:42  Marcus
  Refs:
油断禁物 is in デイリーコンサイス日中辞典

ニューセンチュリー和英辞典: (禁物 entry)
"あの男には油断禁物だ(=注意をしろ)
Be careful of that man./(厳重に警戒しろ)Keep a close watch 
[eye] on that man."

eプログレッシブ英和中辞典 (entry for "slip"):
"There's many a slip betwixt [between] the cup and the lip.
((ことわざ)) だいじょうぶだと思えてもしくじりはあるものだ;油断は禁物."

daijs and daijr entry on 禁物:
"「油断は―」"

eij example sentence: "とにかく油断は禁物です。いつロックフェラー・センター
で血の惨劇が起きてもおかしくないのですから。
But the month is not yet over, perhaps we may soon hear 
something of a blood bath at the Rockefeller Center."

研究社 新和英中辞典: (example sentence)
"油断は禁物だよ.You've got to be on your guard [toes]."
3. A* 2012-08-19 04:16:14  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I've seen 油断は禁物 a few times, which gets 1.2M hits and is in Weblio英語表現辞典. I'd be fine with including at least 油断は禁物, and maybe this one as well with a reference to 油断は禁物.
2. A* 2012-08-17 10:01:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
390k hits. Seems to be a slogan meaning something like "Don't be careless/negligent." Any other views?
1. A* 2012-08-15 04:12:00  huixing
  Refs:
google 637,000 hits

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