猿も木から落ちる
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 猿 | 木 | 落 |
Etymology [edit]
Literally "even monkeys fall from trees".
Proverb [edit]
猿も木から落ちる(hiragana さるもきからおちる, romaji saru mo ki kara ochiru)
- a saying relating that even experts occasionally make mistakes; even Homer sometimes nods, a horse may stumble though he has four legs
See also [edit]
- 上手の手から水が濡れる (jōzu no te kara mizu ga nureru)
- 河童の川流れ (kappa no kawanagare)
- 弘法も筆の誤り, 弘法にも筆の誤り (kōbō nimo fude no ayamari)
