指ゆび汚きたなしとて、切きられもせず

expression

you don't cut off your finger just because it's dirty; it's hard to sever ties with close relatives even if they are wicked

Proverb meaning one does not easily abandon family or close associates despite their faults, just as one would not cut off a dirty finger. The literal image is of a finger that is dirty but still part of the body.

• 「ゆびきたなしとて、きられもせず」という諺ことわざがある。

  There is a proverb: 'You don't cut off your finger just because it's dirty.'

• 親おや子この縁えんは切きれない。まさに指ゆび汚きたなしとて、切きられもせずだ。

  The bond between parent and child cannot be severed. Truly, you don't cut off your finger just because it's dirty.