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サルモキカラオチル
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
Alt. forms
猿さるも木きから落おちる
サルモキカラオチル
Composed of
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
Examples (1 in total)
Even monkeys fall from trees. But I can't even climb.