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桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿 [sK]
さくらきるばか、うめきらぬばか
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees



History:
7. A 2024-03-26 19:19:11  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Jitenon uses a comma with this expression, although daijirin and kanjipedia do not.
  Comments:
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿</keb>
+<keb>桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿</keb>
@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<keb>桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿</keb>
+<keb>桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11 +12 @@
-<reb>さくらきるばかうめきらぬばか</reb>
+<reb>さくらきるばか、うめきらぬばか</reb>
6. A 2022-10-03 12:10:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not really [lit]. I don't think more than one gloss is needed for an entry like this.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿</keb>
@@ -13,2 +16 @@
-<gloss>prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees</gloss>
+<gloss>only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees</gloss>
5. A 2022-10-03 05:31:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe have both.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees</gloss>
+<gloss>prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees</gloss>
4. A* 2022-10-02 13:29:21 
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees</gloss>
+<gloss>only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees</gloss>
3. A 2015-11-11 05:17:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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