泣なく子こと地じ頭とうには勝かてぬ

expression

you can't win against a crying child or a feudal lord

Proverb meaning that it is futile to argue with someone who is unreasonable or has absolute power, just as one cannot reason with a crying child or defy a powerful land steward in medieval Japan.

See also: 泣く子と地頭には勝てない (なくことじとうにはかてない)

• あの上じょう司しに何なにを言いっても無む駄だだよ。泣なく子こと地じ頭とうには勝かてぬって言いうだろう。

  It's no use saying anything to that boss. Like they say, you can't win against a crying child or a feudal lord.