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じごくのさたもかねしだい
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell;
(lit.)
even the verdict of hell is determined by money
Alt. forms
地
じ
獄
ごく
の
沙
さ
汰
た
も
金
かね
次
し
第
だい
じごくのさたもかねしだい
Composed of
じごく
hell
さた
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
かね
money; metal
しだい
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program