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そうは問屋が卸さない； そうは問屋がおろさない； そうは問屋が下ろさない [sK] ； そうは問屋が降ろさない [sK] ； 然うは問屋が卸さない [sK]
【 そうはとんやがおろさない 】
1. [exp] [id]
▶ things don't work that well in the real world
▶ things seldom go as one wishes
▶ that is expecting too much
▶ it won't be that easy
▶ [lit] the wholesaler won't sell it like that



History:
9. A 2023-12-27 02:04:15  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
〈然う／そう〉は〈問屋／とんや／といや〉が〈卸（ろ）／下（ろ）／降（ろ）／おろ〉さない

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ そうは問屋が卸さない　　 │ 12,670 │ 65.4% │
│ そうは問屋がおろさない　 │  5,827 │ 30.1% │
│ そうは問屋が下ろさない　 │    505 │  2.6% │ - add, sK
│ そうは問屋が降ろさない　 │    216 │  1.1% │ - add, sK
│ 然うは問屋が卸さない　　 │      0 │  0.0% │ - [rK] to [sK]
│ そうはとんやがおろさない │    150 │  0.8% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -10,0 +11,8 @@
+<keb>そうは問屋が下ろさない</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>そうは問屋が降ろさない</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -12 +20 @@
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
8. A 2021-12-01 01:14:45  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
7. A 2020-09-03 03:38:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Yes, I think that's more literal.
6. A* 2020-09-02 06:34:38  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I think this would be more lit (and in 
line with this being treated as an id 
rather than a proverb)
  Diff: 
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">the wholesaler won't sell as you'd like</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">the wholesaler won't sell it like that</gloss>
5. A* 2020-09-02 06:00:33  Opencooper
  Refs: 
http://kotowaza-allguide.com/so/souwatonyagaorosanai.html
  Diff: 
@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">the wholesaler won't sell as you'd like</gloss>
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