じょうどくらずくすりらず
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
Kanji used
above
door
poison
know
below
medicine
Composed of
(heavy) drinker; tippler; ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker); ... drunk; liker of; fan
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...; (arch.) I know not whether; (arch.) I know not if
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic