猿も木から落ちる
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||||||
| 猿 | 木 | 落 | |||||
[edit] Etymology
From 猿 (“‘さる, saru; monkey’”) + も (“‘mo; also’”) + 木 (“‘き, ki; tree’”) + から (“‘kara; from’”) + 落ちる (“‘おちる, ochiru; to fall’”). Literally meaning “even monkeys fall from trees”.
[edit] Proverb
猿も木から落ちる (hiragana さるもきからおちる, romaji saru mo ki kara ochiru)
- Anyone can make a mistake, even experts sometimes make mistakes; pride comes before a fall, even Homer sometimes nods
