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粋が身を食う
すいがみをくう
1. [exp,v5u] [proverb]
▶ too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes)
▶ playing the dandy ruins a man

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History:
4. A 2022-08-01 04:18:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
3. A 2017-12-24 21:44:53  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2017-12-08 12:47:33  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>Playing the dandy ruins a man</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes)</gloss>
+<gloss>playing the dandy ruins a man</gloss>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
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