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やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
Alt. forms
柳やなぎの下したにいつも泥鰌どじょうはおらぬ
柳やなぎの下したに何い時つも泥鰌どじょうは居おらぬ
やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ
Composed of
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach