名めい馬ばに癖くせあり

expression

great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks

Proverb meaning that outstanding people or things often have unusual or difficult traits; used to excuse or explain someone's peculiar behavior by likening them to a spirited horse.

• 彼かれは変かわり者ものだけど、名めい馬ばに癖くせありというからね。

  He's an oddball, but as they say, great men have eccentricities.

• あのピアニストは気き難むずかしいが、名めい馬ばに癖くせありだ。

  That pianist is temperamental, but fine horses have quirks.