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女賢しくて牛売り損なう
【 おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう 】
1. [exp,v5u] [proverb]
▶ even a clever woman is bound to mess up
▶ a woman's intelligence only goes so far
▶ female sagacity overreaches itself
▶ [lit] a clever woman fails to sell a cow

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2023-03-05 20:08:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Looks OK.
5. A* 2023-03-05 02:14:50  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, koj
  Comments: 
I felt the glosses for this were a bit off. I struggled to come up with my own so improvements are welcome. The last one is from GG5.
  Diff: 
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
-<gloss>women are not as clever as they think</gloss>
-<gloss>women should know their place</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow</gloss>
+<gloss>even a clever woman is bound to mess up</gloss>
+<gloss>a woman's intelligence only goes so far</gloss>
+<gloss>female sagacity overreaches itself</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">a clever woman fails to sell a cow</gloss>
4. A 2023-03-03 20:38:14  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
As さかしうて in koj, btw.
3. A 2022-08-01 04:18:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
2. A 2018-02-07 06:17:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
JLD
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jmdict 2834555 Rejected (id: 2223577)
女賢しくて牛売り損なう
【 おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう 】
1. [exp,v5u] [proverb]
▶ women are not as clever as they think
▶ women should know their place
▶ [lit] even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow

Conjugations

History:
5. R 2023-03-03 20:36:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-03-03 08:33:09 
3. A 2022-08-01 04:18:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
2. A 2018-02-07 06:17:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
JLD
1. A* 2018-02-07 03:02:59  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, enwiktionary (as 女賢しゅうして牛売り損なう)
  Comments: 
My take on daij's definitions.

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