逃にげるが勝かち

expression

fleeing is winning; discretion is the better part of valor

Proverb meaning that sometimes it is wiser to retreat or avoid a confrontation than to fight and risk losing everything. Literally 'running away is winning'.

• ここは逃にげるが勝かちだ。無む理りに戦たたかうことはない。

  Here, discretion is the better part of valor. There's no need to fight recklessly.

• 彼かれは「逃にげるが勝かち」と言いって、その場ばを離はなれた。

  He said 'fleeing is winning' and left the scene.