骨折り損の草臥れ儲け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
骨 折 損 草 臥 儲
ほね
Grade: 6		 お
Grade: 4		 そん > ぞん
Grade: 5		 Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō もう
Jinmeiyō

Etymology

骨折 (ほねお)り損 (ぞん) (honeorizon, “efforts in vain”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 草臥 (くたび)れる (kutabireru, “be exhausted”) + 儲 (も)ける (mokeru, “to profit”)

Idiom

骨折り損の草臥れ儲け (hiragana ほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけ, rōmaji honeorizon no kutabire mōke)

  1. great trouble and pains but in vain
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