無ぶ精しょう者ものの一いっ時とき働ばたらき

expression

a lazy person's ambition doesn't last

Proverb meaning that a habitually lazy person may suddenly become motivated and work hard for a short time, but it never lasts.

• 彼かれは無ぶ精しょう者ものの一いっ時と働きばたらきで、三みっ日か坊ぼう主ずに終おわった。

  He was just a lazy person working hard for a moment, and it ended as a three-day wonder.

• 無ぶ精しょう者ものの一いっ時と働きばたらきにならないように、毎まい日にち少すこしずつ続つづけることが大たい切せつだ。

  To avoid being a flash in the pan, it's important to keep at it a little every day.