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一つ穴のむじなひとつあなのむじなExpressionsgang; group of accomplices; birds of a feather
人を呪わば穴二つひとをのろわばあなふたつExpressionscurses come home to roost; if you curse someone, dig two graves
同じ穴のムジナおなじあなのむじなExpressionsbirds of a feather; villains of the same stripe
同じ穴の狐おなじあなのきつねExpressionsbirds of a feather; villains of the same stripe
同じ穴の狸おなじあなのたぬきExpressionsbirds of a feather; villains of the same stripe
穴だらけにするあなだらけにするExpressionsfill with holes; riddle with holes
穴があったら入りたいあながあったらはいりたいExpressionsso ashamed one wants to disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
穴を埋めるあなをうめるExpressionsfill in a hole · plug a gap; make up for a deficiency; cover a deficit
穴を塞ぐあなをふさぐExpressionsfill a hole with earth; plug a hole
穴を穿つあなをうがつExpressionsfind someone's weak spot; hit a sore point
穴が開くあながあくExpressionsget a hole; be pierced; have a hole form
穴を開けるあなをあけるExpressionsmake a hole; pierce; drill · cause a loss; create a deficit
穴が開くほどあながあくほどExpressionsstare piercingly; look hard
穴の開くほどあなのあくほどExpressionsstaring piercingly; looking hard
管の穴から天を覗くくだのあなからてんをのぞくExpressionshave a narrow view of things; see the world through a straw
蛇穴に入るへびあなにいるExpressionssnake hibernation
蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘るかにはこうらににせてあなをほるExpressionsto each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth
蟻の穴から堤も崩れるありのあなからつつみもくずれるExpressionsa small leak will sink a great ship
針の穴はりのあなExpressionseye of a needle
針の穴から天を覗くはりのあなからてんをのぞくExpressionshave a narrow view of things; peek at the sky through the eye of a needle
針の穴から天覗くはりのあなからてんのぞくExpressionshave a narrow view of things; peek at the sky through the eye of a needle
鍵の穴から天を覗くかぎのあなからてんをのぞくExpressionshave a narrow view of things; peep at the sky through a keyhole (lit.)
鼻の穴はなのあなExpressionsnostril