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口では大坂の城も建つ； 口では大阪の城も建つ
【 くちではおおさかのしろもたつ 】
1. [exp,v5t] [proverb]
▶ talk is cheap
▶ it's easier to say than to do
▶ [lit] building Osaka Castle by talking

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History:
10. A 2022-08-01 04:18:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&v5t;</pos>
9. A 2017-12-24 23:21:16  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
kotowaza
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>口では大阪の城も建つ</keb>
8. A 2017-12-24 23:20:11  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
koj, daij
  Comments: 
all dics use the old way of writing
  Diff: 
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>口では大阪の城も建つ</keb>
+<keb>口では大坂の城も建つ</keb>
7. A* 2017-12-06 12:07:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
http://kotowaza.jitenon.jp/kotowaza/956.php
  Comments: 
More proverby glosses
  Diff: 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>easier said than done</gloss>
-<gloss>talking is easy</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">building Osaka Castle with one's mouth</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>talk is cheap</gloss>
+<gloss>it's easier to say than to do</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">building Osaka Castle by talking</gloss>
6. A 2012-11-09 07:14:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I guess so, but it really means "by talking".
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