天てん知しる、地ち知しる、我われ知しる、子し知しる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

murder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered

Proverb meaning that wrongdoing cannot be hidden forever; literally 'Heaven knows, Earth knows, I know, you know'. Used to express the inevitability of exposure.

• 「天てん知しる、地ち知しる、我われ知しる、子し知しる」という言こと葉ばがあるように、悪あく事じ