地じ獄ごくにも鬼おにばかりではない

expression, i-adjective

you can make friends anywhere; not everyone is bad

Proverb meaning that even in the worst places or among the worst people, you can find kindness or friendship. Literally: 'Not even in hell is everyone an ogre.'

• 新あたらしい職しょく場ばは怖こわい人ひとばかりかと思おもったけど、地じ獄ごくにも鬼おにばかりではないね。

  I thought my new workplace was full of scary people, but you can make friends anywhere.

• あの厳きびしい先せん生せいのクラスにも優やさしい子こがいる。地じ獄ごくにも鬼おにばかりではない。

  Even in that strict teacher's class, there are kind kids. Not everyone is bad.