朝あさマラの立たたぬ男おとこに金かね貸かすな

expression

don't lend money to a man who doesn't have morning erections

Archaic proverb based on the folk belief that a man without morning erections is in poor health and may die before repaying a debt. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 「朝あさマラの立たたぬ男おとこに金かね貸かすな」ということわざは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの庶しょ民みんの間あいだで言いわれていたらしい。

  The proverb 'Don't lend money to a man who doesn't have morning erections' is said to have been used among commoners in the Edo period.