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子供の喧嘩に親が出る子供のケンカに親が出る [sK] 子どものケンカに親が出る [sK]
こどものけんかにおやがでる
1. [exp,v1] [proverb]
▶ when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid
▶ yelping curs will raise mastiffs

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2024-03-23 11:49:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2024-03-23 11:45:23  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
子供のけんかに	919	14.1%
子どものけんかに	885	13.6%
こどものけんかに	114	1.7%
子供のケンカに	1203	18.4%
子どものケンカに	261	4.0%
こどものケンカに	25	0.4%
子供の喧嘩に	2737	41.9%
子どもの喧嘩に	362	5.5%
こどもの喧嘩に	25	0.4%
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>子供のケンカに親が出る</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>子どものケンカに親が出る</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
7. A 2022-08-01 04:02:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
6. A 2014-12-10 20:05:14  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2014-12-10 04:10:07  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://kotowaza-allguide.com/ko/kodomonokenkanioya.html
Scottish proverb, apparently:
"Spoken when mean and unworthy people, by their private 
contentions, cause difference among greater persons." 
(1818 definition) 
https://books.google.com/books?
id=tsBCAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA229&ots=IBqOPseq8p&dq=Yelping%20cur
s%20will%20raise%20mastiffs&pg=PA229#v=onepage&q=Yelping%
20curs%20will%20raise%20mastiffs&f=false
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<s_inf>oft. used figuratively</s_inf>
@@ -14,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>yelping curs will raise mastiffs</gloss>
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