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ゴンベエガタネマキャカラスガホジクル
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
Alt. forms
権ごん兵べ衛えが種たね蒔まきゃ烏からすがほじくる
権ごん兵べ衛えが種たねまきゃ烏からすがほじくる
権ごん兵べ衛えが種たねまきゃカラスがほじくる
ゴンベエガタネマキャカラスガホジクル
Composed of
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
crow (Corvus spp.); raven