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[proverb]
▶ blue are the hills that are far away ▶ the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence ▶ [lit] far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung |
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| 4. | A 2018-01-27 00:20:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 3. | A* 2018-01-23 01:20:14 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij http://sanabo.com/kotowaza/arc/2003/02/post_654.html |
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| Comments: | not sure how to read 遠き and 近き for the lit. Not "from afar", is it? |
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| Diff: | @@ -12 +12,4 @@ -<gloss>it's human nature to consider things that are afar as beautiful and things that are up close as unsightly</gloss> +<misc>&proverb;</misc> +<gloss>blue are the hills that are far away</gloss> +<gloss>the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2010-07-20 05:22:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2010-07-19 23:18:13 Scott | |
| Refs: | koj,daij |
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| Comments: | guess on the reading of 近き |
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