上じょう戸ごは毒どくを知しらず下げ戸こは薬くすりを知しらず

expression

drinkers harm themselves by drinking too much, nondrinkers miss out on alcohol's medicinal benefits

Proverb contrasting the excesses of drinkers with the missed health benefits for teetotalers; reflects a traditional view that moderate alcohol can be medicinal.

• 「上じょう戸ごは毒どくを知しらず下げ戸こは薬くすりを知しらず」ということわざがある。

  There is a proverb: 'Drinkers know not poison, nondrinkers know not medicine.'