坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 坊 | 主 | 憎 | 袈 | 裟 | 憎 |
| ぼう Grade: S |
ず Grade: 3 |
にく Grade: S |
け Jinmeiyō |
さ Jinmeiyō |
にく Grade: S |
Etymology
坊主 (bōzu, “Buddhist monk”) + 憎けれ (nikukere, “if one hates”) + や (ya, “and”) + 袈裟 (kesa, “robes”) + まで (made, “until”) + 憎い (nikui, “hate”).
Literally "hate a monk, and you will hate his very robes".
Idiom
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い (hiragana ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい, rōmaji bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui)
- love me, love my dog, hating everything about a person
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