慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない

Japanese
Kanji in this term
慌 乞 食 貰 少
あわ
Grade: S		 こ
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”) + は (wa, topic marker) + 貰い (morai, “alms”) + が (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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