貧ひん僧そうの重かさね斎どき

expression

good luck does not last

Proverb meaning that good fortune is fleeting. Literally refers to a poor priest who holds two memorial services close together and can only eat at one of them, illustrating that even a rare chance for a meal may not be repeated.

• 「貧ひん僧そうの重かさね斎どき」ということわざは、幸こう運うんは長ながく続つづかないという意い味みだ。

  The proverb 'hinsō no kasane-doki' means that good luck does not last long.