合あわせ物ものは離はなれ物もの

expression

things that come together can also come apart; what may be joined may be separated

Proverb expressing the impermanence of unions; often used to remind that relationships, partnerships, or assembled things can dissolve.

• 「合あわせ物ものは離はなれ物もの」というから、結けっ婚こんもいつか終おわるかもしれない。

  As the proverb goes, 'things that come together can also come apart,' so even a marriage might end someday.

• ビジネスの提てい携けいも、合あわせ物ものは離はなれ物ものだ。

  Business partnerships, too, are things that come together and can come apart.