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鬼が出るか仏が出るか
おにがでるかほとけがでるか
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ God only knows what may happen



History:
3. A 2018-01-15 21:33:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
More an aphorism than a proverb.
2. A* 2018-01-04 01:06:10  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Might be an id i.e. maybe not used generally to say "you 
can never know what might happen in the future" but more 
specifically in certain situations i.e. "this can go two 
ways". Shouldn't be glossed as a proverb in that case.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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