(n) (1) (uk) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)
(2) weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
(n) (uk) Japanese eight-barbel loach (species of freshwater fish, Lefua echigonia)
(n) (uk) blotched snakehead (species of fish, Channa maculata)
(exp) (obsc) just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)
(exp) (id) Good luck does not always repeat itself
(exp) (obsc) just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)