敗はい軍ぐんの将しょうは兵へいを語かたらず

expression

don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy

Proverb meaning that a person who has failed should not make excuses or boast about their past plans. Often used to admonish someone who is being a poor sport or making excuses after losing.

• 試し合あいに負まけた後あとで言いい訳わけばかりする彼かれに、友ゆう人じんは「敗はい軍ぐんの将しょうは兵へいを語かたらず」とたしなめた。

  When he kept making excuses after losing the match, his friend reproached him with the proverb, 'A defeated general should not talk of strategy.'