下げ戸この建たてた蔵くらはない

expression, i-adjective

don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has ever built a storehouse

Proverb used to criticize non-drinkers who act superior or self-righteous about their abstinence. The literal meaning is that a teetotaler never built a storehouse, implying that non-drinkers are stingy or lack the social skills to accumulate wealth.

• 「酒さけは飲のまない」と威い張ばる人ひとに、下げ戸この建たてた蔵くらはないと言いいたくなる。

  When someone boasts about not drinking, I feel like saying, 'No teetotaler has ever built a storehouse.'