expression
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
Proverb reminding that today's misfortune for someone else could be yours tomorrow; used to encourage empathy or caution.
See also: 今日は人の身明日は我が身
彼の失敗を笑ってはいけない。明日は我が身だ。
Don't laugh at his failure. What happened to him could happen to you tomorrow.
災害はいつ起こるかわからない。明日は我が身と思って備えよう。
Disasters can strike at any time. Let's prepare, thinking it could be us tomorrow.
A longer, more explicit version of the same proverb, literally 'today it's someone else, tomorrow it's me.'
A Japanese proverb of uncertain origin, literally 'tomorrow is my own body.' It expresses the idea that another person's misfortune today could be one's own tomorrow.