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身の程知らずみのほどしらずExpressionsnot knowing one's place; presumptuous; overreaching
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
井の中の蛙、大海を知らずいのなかのかわず、たいかいをしらずExpressionsthe frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らずかこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらずExpressionsyou can't appreciate something without experiencing it; the proof of the pudding is in the eating
易者身の上知らずえきしゃみのうえしらずExpressionsa fortune teller can't tell their own future; people don't know themselves as well as they know others
楽して楽知らずらくしてらくしらずExpressionshe who has never toiled does not know what it is to enjoy repose
いざ知らずいざしらずN1ExpressionsI don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
知ってか知らずかしってかしらずかExpressionsknowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
知る者は言わず言う者は知らずしるものはいわずいうものはしらずExpressionsthose who know do not speak; those who speak do not know
親の心子知らずおやのこころこしらずExpressionschildren don't appreciate their parents' love
詠み人知らずよみびとしらずExpressionsauthor unknown; anonymous
論語読みの論語知らずろんごよみのろんごしらずExpressionsknowing a theory without being able to apply it
酔い醒めの水下戸知らずよいさめのみずげこしらずExpressionsa teetotaler doesn't know how good water tastes after drinking
陰陽師身の上知らずおんようじみのうえしらずExpressionspeople don't know themselves as well as they know others; a fortune teller can't tell their own future
露知らずつゆしらずExpressionsnot knowing at all; completely unaware; without the slightest idea