借かりる時ときの地じ蔵ぞう顔がお、済なす時ときの閻えん魔ま顔がお

expression

people look friendly when borrowing but stern when repaying

Proverb comparing a borrower's gentle face to Jizō (Ksitigarbha) and a lender's stern face to Enma (Yama). Used to comment on how attitudes change when money is owed.

See also: 地蔵 · 閻魔

• 「借かりる時ときの地じ蔵ぞう顔がお、済なす時ときの閻えん魔ま顔がお」とはよく言いったもので、返へん済さいの催さい促そくをすると急きゅうに態たい度どが冷つめたくなる人ひとがいる。

  As the saying goes, 'a Jizō face when borrowing, an Enma face when repaying'—some people turn cold the moment you ask them to pay back.