石いしが流ながれて木この葉はが沈しずむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

there are exceptions to every rule

Proverb meaning that things do not always go as expected; the natural order can be reversed. Rare and literary.

• 「石いしが流ながれて木この葉はが沈しずむ」ということわざもあるように、世よの中なかには例れい外がいがつきものだ。

  As the proverb 'rocks will flow and leaves will sink' suggests, exceptions are a part of life.