盾たての両りょう面めんを見みよ

expression

look at both sides of the shield; examine a matter from all angles

Proverb advising one to consider both sides of an issue before judging. The literal image is of a shield that has an inside and an outside.

• 人ひとの意い見けんを聞きくときは、盾たての両りょう面めんを見みよという言こと葉ばを思おもい出だしてください。

  When listening to someone's opinion, remember the saying 'look at both sides of the shield.'