ふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
Kanji used
calamity and misfortune
good fortune
rope
Composed of
fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
rope; cord; policeman's rope
like; as if; the same as