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[exp]
[proverb]
▶ things cannot be larger than the things that contain them ▶ [lit] there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live) |
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| 3. | A 2018-10-09 06:32:08 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">there are no boars larger than the mountain</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2017-12-06 01:22:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2017-12-04 10:07:30 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | http://jpnculture.net/kotowaza100/ "どんなに大きな猪でも、山よりも大きな猪はいないことから、入れ 物より大きな中身はないというたとえ。" http://kotowaza.jitenon.jp/kotowaza/4310.php https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail /q1283656137 "「山より大きな猪（しし／いのしし）は出ぬ。容（い）れ物より大 きな中身というものはないというたとえ。」（「ことわざ大辞典」小 学館）" |
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