喉のど元もと過すぎれば熱あつさを忘わすれる

expression, ichidan verb

once the danger is past, one forgets the hardship

Proverb meaning people quickly forget past suffering or danger once it's over. Literally: 'once it passes the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object).'

• 喉のど元もと過すぎれば熱あつさを忘わすれるで、試し験けんが終おわるとすぐに遊あそび始はじめた。

  As the saying goes, 'once it's past the throat, you forget the heat' — as soon as the exams were over, he started playing right away.

• 喉のど元もと過すぎれば熱あつさを忘わすれるというが、彼かれは病びょう気きが治なおったらまた不ふ摂せっ生せいを始はじめた。

  They say 'danger past and God forgotten' — after he recovered from his illness, he went back to his unhealthy habits.