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Kotomora

仏ほとけほっとけ神かみ構かまうな

Meanings

1

expression

don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God

jocular, humorous

A jocular proverb meaning 'leave well enough alone' or 'don't meddle with things that are fine as they are'. It plays on the similar sounds of 仏 (hotoke) and ほっとけ (leave alone), and 神 (kami) and 構うな (don't bother).