易えき者しゃ身みの上うえ知しらず

expression

a fortune teller can't tell their own future; people don't know themselves as well as they know others

Proverb meaning that it is difficult to know one's own affairs or future, even if one can see those of others. Often used to point out someone's lack of self-awareness.

• 彼かれは他た人にんの恋れん愛あい相そう談だんには乗のるのに、自じ分ぶんの恋れん愛あいはうまくいかない。まさに易えき者しゃ身みの上うえ知しらずだね。

  He gives love advice to others, but his own love life doesn't go well. It's truly a case of 'a fortune teller can't tell their own future.'

• 易えき者しゃ身みの上うえ知しらずというように、自じ分ぶんのことは意い外がいと見みえないものだ。

  As the saying goes, 'a fortune teller can't tell their own future'—you surprisingly can't see your own affairs.