慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あわ
Grade: S

Grade: S
じき
Grade: 2
もら
Jinmeiyō
すく
Grade: 2

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 慌てる (awateru, be in a hurry) + 乞食 (kojiki, beggar) + (wa, topic marker) + 貰い (morai, alms) + (ga, subject marker) + 少ない (sukunai, few), "the impatient beggar receives little".

Proverb

慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない (hiragana あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない, rōmaji awateru kojiki wa morai ga sukunai)

  1. slow and steady wins the race

Synonyms

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