(exp) (id) Easier said than done
(exp) (obsc) I told you so
(exp) (id) I don't care what follows
The future will take care of itself
(exp) have no hesitation in stating (declaring)
(exp) easier said than done
lit: if it's just talking you can even build Osaka Castle
(exp) truth is stranger than fiction
(exp) (id) You cannot see the wood for trees
(exp) (id) Frailty, thy name is woman
(n) (id) the good you do for others is good you do yourself
lit: compassion is not for other people's benefit
(exp) (id) There is nothing better than sleeping
(exp) (id) Deep water runs still
(exp) (id) Nature itself is a good mother
(exp) (id) When petticoats woo, breeks may come speed
(exp) (id) No mortal escapes death
(exp) (id) Still waters run deep
(exp) expression meaning that genius shows from childhood (lit: the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout)
(exp) things don't work that well in the real world
things seldom go as one wishes
that is expecting too much
(exp) (id) It is easy to start an enterprise but difficult to maintain it
(exp) (id) Nothing costs so much as what is given us
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) (obsc) strike while the iron is hot
(exp) (id) What happens twice will happen thrice
(exp) (id) A born fool is never cured
(exp) (id) A defeated general should not talk of the battle
(exp) not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice
(exp) not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice
(exp) (id) A big difference between what one hears and what one sees
(exp) (id) Tomorrow will take care of itself
(exp) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
(exp) one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words
the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts
the eyes are the windows to the soul