坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くない |
| Polite | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎いです | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くないですalso 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くありません |
| Past polite | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎かったです | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くなかったですalso 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くありませんでした |
| Past | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎かった | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くなかった |
| Te-form | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くて | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くなくて |
| Adverbial | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎く | |
| Conditional | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎ければ | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎かったら | 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎くなかったら |
hating everything associated with someone you dislike
Proverb meaning that when you dislike a person, you come to dislike everything connected to them, even unrelated things. The literal image is hating a Buddhist priest and then hating even his robe.
I disliked him so much that I even came to hate the music he likes. It's exactly a case of 'hating the priest and then hating his robe too.'