碁ご打うち鳥とり飼かい馬ば鹿かの中うち

expression

go players and bird keepers are idiots

A rare proverb implying that both playing go and keeping birds are time-consuming obsessions that turn people into fools. The phrase is a fixed expression and not used in everyday conversation.

See also: 碁打ち (ごうち) · 鳥飼い

• 「碁ご打うち鳥とり飼かい馬ば鹿かの中うち」ということわざがあるが、今いまではほとんど使つかわれない。

  There is a proverb 'go players and bird keepers are idiots,' but it is hardly used nowadays.