骨折り損の草臥れ儲け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
骨 折 損 草 臥 儲
ほね
Grade: 6		 お
Grade: 4		 そん > ぞん
Grade: 5		 くたび もう
Jinmeiyō
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō

Etymology

骨(ほね)折(お)り損(ぞん) (honeorizon, “efforts in vain”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 草臥(くたび)れる (kutabireru, “be exhausted”) + 儲(もう)ける (mōkeru, “to profit”)

Idiom

骨(ほね)折(お)り損(ぞん)の草臥(くたび)れ儲(もう)け • (honeorizon no kutabire mōke) 

  1. great trouble and pains but in vain
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