蟹かには甲こう羅らに似にせて穴あなを掘ほる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth

Proverb meaning people naturally act according to their own nature or abilities; literally 'a crab digs a hole resembling its own shell'.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんのペースで仕し事ごとをする。蟹かには甲こう羅らに似にせて穴あなを掘ほるというからね。

  He works at his own pace. After all, a crab digs a hole like its own shell.

• 蟹かには甲こう羅らに似にせて穴あなを掘ほるで、人ひとそれぞれやり方かたが違ちがうものだ。

  As the saying goes, a crab digs a hole like its own shell; everyone has their own way of doing things.