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犬も歩けば棒に当たる；犬も歩けば棒に当る [sK] ；犬もあるけば棒に当たる [sK]
【いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる】

1.	[exp,v5r] [proverb] ▶ bad things happen to those who attempt things ▶ [lit] if a dog walks they will hit a stick
2.	[exp,v5r] [proverb] ▶ good luck may come unexpectedly

Conjugations

History:

15.	A 2024-02-15 20:03:54 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮ │ 犬も歩けば棒に当たる　　　 │ 3,979 │ │ 犬も歩けば棒に当る　　　　 │ 0 │ - sK │ 犬もあるけば棒に当たる　　 │ 0 │ - sK │ いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる │ 0 │ ╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -8,0 +9 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -11,0 +13 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
14.	A 2022-08-01 04:18:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Add POS to proverbs -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<pos>&v5r;</pos>
13.	A 2022-08-01 04:18:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Add POS to proverbs -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -17,0 +18 @@ +<pos>&v5r;</pos>
12.	A 2021-01-30 04:44:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Curious.
11.	A* 2021-01-27 07:27:51 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	can't find any reliable source for "ぼうにあたる" meaning "getting hit with a stick" rather than "walk into a stick" but it's hard to tell! https://japanknowledge.com/articles/blognihongo/entry.html?entryid=362 "50年ほどの違いではあるが、災難説、幸運説どちらが先だったかということは、これだけでは判断できない。ただし、「犬棒カルタ」の絵は、犬が棒に当たって顔をしかめているものが多いので、災難説が主流なのかも知れない。" https://japanplayingcardmuseum.com/6-1-2-0-development-akainubocarta-afterendedoera/ https://japanplayingcardmuseum.com/img/6-1-05-Irohakaruta-AkainubouKaruta-earlyMeiji.jpg https://japanplayingcardmuseum.com/img/6-1-02-Irohakaruta-AkainubouKaruta-endKeiou.jpg it doesn't look as if the dog is walking into a stick here. not obvious they're being hit with it either. either way "stick" seems more appropriate than "pole" for the [lit] nikk koj daij
	Diff:	@@ -19 +19,2 @@ -<gloss>no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you</gloss> +<gloss>bad things happen to those who attempt things</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">if a dog walks they will hit a stick</gloss>
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10.	A 2015-02-02 09:22:03 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	gg5 suggests "A dog only has to walk around and it is sure to come across a stick."
9.	A* 2015-02-01 00:19:17 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	same source: 本来は、犬がうろつき歩いていると、人に棒で叩かれるかもしれないというところから、でしゃばると災難にあうという意味であった。
	Comments:	really it means "mind your own business", doesn't it?
8.	A* 2015-01-31 23:51:00
	Diff:	@@ -18 +18 @@ -<misc>&id;</misc> +<misc>&proverb;</misc> @@ -23 +23 @@ -<misc>&id;</misc> +<misc>&proverb;</misc>
7.	A* 2015-01-31 23:50:20 Marcus Richert
	Refs:	「棒に当たる」とは、人に棒で殴られるという意味。 http://kotowaza- allguide.com/i/inumoarukebabou.html
	Diff:	@@ -20 +19,0 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">even a dog, if it walks, will bump into a pole</gloss>
6.	A 2010-11-15 19:49:10 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -19,1 +19,2 @@ -<gloss>no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you (lit: even a dog, if it walks, will bump into a pole)</gloss> +<gloss>no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">even a dog, if it walks, will bump into a pole</gloss>
5.	A* 2010-11-15 16:36:43 Scott
	Diff:	@@ -18,1 +18,1 @@ -<pos>&v5r;</pos> +<misc>&id;</misc> @@ -23,1 +23,1 @@ -<pos>&v5r;</pos> +<misc>&id;</misc>
4.	A 2010-11-15 11:18:46 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update. -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@ +<pos>&v5r;</pos> @@ -22,0 +23,1 @@ +<pos>&v5r;</pos>
3.	A 2010-09-01 10:56:28 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2010-08-31 01:42:12 Scott
	Diff:	@@ -9,0 +9,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>犬もあるけば棒に当たる</keb>
1.	A 2007-08-15 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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