無む理りが通とおれば道どう理りが引ひっ込こむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

where might is master, justice is servant

Proverb meaning that when unreasonable force prevails, reason and justice are pushed aside. Used to lament situations where power overrides fairness.

• あの会かい社しゃでは無む理りが通とおれば道どう理りが引ひっ込こむようなことがよくある。

  In that company, it's often a case of might makes right.