正しょう直じき者ものが馬ば鹿かを見みる

expression, ichidan verb

honesty doesn't pay; the honest get the short end of the stick

Proverb meaning that being honest or upright often leads to being taken advantage of or suffering a disadvantage. Used to express cynicism about fairness in life.

• 正しょう直じき者ものが馬ば鹿かを見みる世よの中なかだ。

  It's a world where honesty doesn't pay.

• 彼かれはいつも正しょう直じきに行こう動どうするが、結けっ局きょくは正しょう直じき者ものが馬ば鹿かを見みる結けっ果かになった。

  He always acts honestly, but in the end, the honest one got the short end of the stick.