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損して得取る損して得とる
そんしてとくとる
1. [exp,v5r] [proverb]
▶ you must lose a fly to catch a trout
▶ sometimes the best gain is to lose
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2833901 損して得取れ 1. you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose

Conjugations


History:
8. A 2022-08-01 04:18:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
7. A 2018-10-13 13:21:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2018-10-11 15:25:59  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
kotowaza: "「損して得取る」ともいう。 "
G n-grams:
損して得取る	978
損して得とる	372
損して得取れ	4071
  Comments:
I think it's worth keeping.
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,4 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>You must lose a fly to catch a trout</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2833901">損して得取れ</xref>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>you must lose a fly to catch a trout</gloss>
+<gloss>sometimes the best gain is to lose</gloss>
5. D* 2018-10-09 06:46:17  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2018-10-09 05:21:52  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
dupe of 損して得取れ
daijs, gg5, kotowaza-allguide only have -れ version
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