才さい子し、才さいに倒たおれる

expression, ichidan verb

talented people are ruined by their own talent

A proverb meaning that those who rely too much on their natural talent may fail because of it, often through overconfidence or lack of effort.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころから天てん才さいと呼よばれていたが、才さい子し、才さいに倒たおれるで、努ど力りょくを怠おこたって失しっ敗ぱいした。

  He was called a genius from a young age, but as the saying goes, 'a talented man is ruined by his talent,' he neglected effort and failed.

• 才さい子し、才さいに倒たおれるというように、才さい能のうだけに頼たよっていると、いつか足あしをすくわれる。

  As the proverb says, 'talented men are ruined by their own talent'; if you rely only on talent, you'll eventually trip up.