三十六計逃さんじゅうろっけいにげるに如しかず

expression

the best strategy is to run away; he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day

Proverb meaning that when you are at a disadvantage, retreating is the wisest course of action. Often used humorously or as advice to avoid unnecessary conflict.

See also: 三十六計

• 相あい手てが強つよすぎるなら、三さん十じゅう六ろっ計けい逃にげるに如しかずだ。

  If the opponent is too strong, the best thing to do is to run away.

• 議ぎ論ろんが平へい行こう線せんなら、三さん十じゅう六ろっ計けい逃にげるに如しかずで、その場ばを離はなれた。

  When the argument was going nowhere, I decided that discretion is the better part of valor and left the scene.