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if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas
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Japanese Meaning
もし仮定や口実（ifsや buts）が目に見える利益（キャンディやナッツ）のように実現したとしたら、誰もが豊かな結果を得られるという、あり得ない理想論を意味します。 / すなわち、ただの空想や言い訳に過ぎず、そのままでは何も現実を変えられないという戒めの意味合いがあります。 / 現実は仮定や希望だけで変わるものではなく、実際の行動や努力が伴わなければ何も得られないという教訓を伝えています。
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if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas
Synonym of if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
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if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas
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