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Japanese Proverbs Starting by he
臍を噛むとも及ばぬ
[へそをかむともおよばぬ, heso o kamu tomo oyobanu]
it is too late to repent (lit.: biting your navel just won't do)
下手があるので上手が知る
[へたがあるのでじょうずがしる, heta ga aru node jouzu ga shiru]
we recognize skill because there are people who lack skill (i.e.: the work of skillful people is noteworthy because of the basis for comparison with unskillful people)
下手鉄砲も数内矢当たる
[へたてっぽうもかずうちやあたる, heta teppou mo kazu uchi ya ataru]
even a poor gunner will eventually hit something by sheer numbers
下手の道具調べ
[へたのどうぐしらべ, heta no dougy shirabe]
a bad workman quarrels with his tools (lit.: an unskilled person inspects the tools; i.e.: the less skill, the greater the dependence on the quality of the tools)
下手の長談義
[へたのながだんぎ, heta no nagadangi]
the unskilled talk at length; brevity is the soul of wit
下手の横好き
[へたのよこずき, heta no yokozuki]
fond of something but not good at it (lit.: the partial feelings of an unskilled person)
蛇を竹筒に入れても真っ直ぐにならぬ
[へびをたけづつにいれてもまっすぐにならぬ, hebi o takezutsu ni iretemo massugu ni naranu]
you cannot straighten what is not inherently straight (lit.: a snake put into a bamboo tube will not become perfectly straight; i.e.: a morally deficient person cannot be entirely reformed purely through discipline)
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