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once you're dead, that's it
Proverb meaning that nothing good comes from dying; life must be lived to bear fruit. Often used to discourage reckless or self-destructive behavior.
「死んで花実が咲くものか」という言葉があるように、命を粗末にしてはいけない。
As the saying goes, 'Once you're dead, that's it,' so you mustn't throw your life away.
A fixed proverb. The literal meaning is 'Would flowers and fruit bloom after you die?' — a rhetorical question emphasizing that death yields nothing.