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棒ほど願って針ほど叶う
【 ぼうほどねがってはりほどかなう 】
1. [exp,v5u] [proverb]
▶ you can't always get what you want
▶ man plans and God laughs
▶ things don't always turn out the way you hope

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-08-01 04:18:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
4. A 2018-01-27 00:34:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-01-23 00:18:29  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>man plans and God laughs</gloss>
2. A 2018-01-21 03:29:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-01-18 05:43:23  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij

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