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上戸は毒を知らず下戸は薬を知らずじょうごはどくをしらずげこはくすりをしらずExpressionsdrinkers harm themselves by drinking too much, nondrinkers miss out on alcohol's medicinal benefits
毒のあるどくのあるExpressionspoisonous; toxic; noxious · malicious; spiteful; hurtful
毒を吐くどくをはくExpressionsspew venom; say nasty things
毒をもって毒を制すどくをもってどくをせいすExpressionsfight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief
毒気に当てられるどくけにあてられるExpressionsbe dumbfounded; be taken aback; be rattled
毒気を抜かれるどっきをぬかれるExpressionsbe taken aback; be dumbfounded
毒牙にかかるどくがにかかるExpressionsfall victim to; get into the clutches of
毒を盛るどくをもるExpressionspoison (food/drink); administer poison
毒にも薬にもならないどくにもくすりにもならないExpressionsharmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
毒を食らわば皿までどくをくらわばさらまでExpressionsin for a penny, in for a pound; once you've started, you might as well go all the way
お気の毒おきのどくExpressionsI'm sorry to hear that; that's a pity
お気の毒におきのどくにN2Expressionsmy sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
甲の薬は乙の毒こうのくすりはおつのどくExpressionsone man's meat is another man's poison
目の毒めのどくExpressionstemptation; too good to resist; something one shouldn't see · harmful to the eyes; bad for one's eyes