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馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らないバカは死ななきゃ治らない
バカはしななきゃなおらない
1. [exp,adj-i] [proverb]
▶ once a fool, always a fool
▶ [lit] idiots will only be cured when they die

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2022-08-01 04:02:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
6. A 2022-06-20 08:33:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-06-20 01:13:23  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない  | 2,709 | 54.9% |
| バカは死ななきゃ治らない  | 2,162 | 43.9% |
| ばかは死ななきゃ治らない  |    59 |  1.2% |
| ばかはしななきゃなおらない |     0 |  0.0% |
| バカはしななきゃなおらない |     0 |  0.0% |
  Comments:
Removing reading restrictions
  Diff:
@@ -11,4 +10,0 @@
-<reb>ばかはしななきゃなおらない</reb>
-<re_restr>馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -16 +11,0 @@
-<re_restr>バカは死ななきゃ治らない</re_restr>
4. A 2020-06-02 23:26:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not that I object to the singular "they".
  Diff:
@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">an idiot will only be cured when they die</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">idiots will only be cured when they die</gloss>
3. A* 2020-06-02 13:38:39  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
more literal (which is more helpfulfor 
learners)
  Diff:
@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">stupidity won't be cured without death</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">an idiot will only be cured when they die</gloss>
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