下手へたな考かんがえ休やすむに似にたり

expression

poor thinking is as good as sleeping

Proverb meaning that half-hearted or bad ideas are no better than doing nothing; often used to criticize unproductive deliberation. Variant of 下手の考え休むに似たり.

See also: 下手の考え休むに似たり

• 会かい議ぎで何なん時じ間かんも話はなし合あっても結けつ論ろんが出でないなら、下手へたな考かんがえ休やすむに似にたりだ。

  If we talk for hours in a meeting without reaching a conclusion, it's a case of poor thinking being as good as sleeping.