無なくて七なな癖くせ

expression

everyone has their quirks

Proverb meaning that every person has some peculiar habit or eccentricity, even those who seem to have none. Often used to excuse minor oddities. The full form is 無くて七癖有って四十八癖.

See also: 無くて七癖有って四十八癖

• 彼かれはいつも机つくえをトントン叩たたくけど、無なくて七なな癖くせというからね。

  He always taps his desk, but as they say, everyone has their quirks.

• 「無なくて七なな癖くせ」と言いうように、誰だれにでも一ひとつや二ふたつの癖くせはあるものだ。

  As the saying goes, 'everyone has their eccentricities'; everyone has a habit or two.