Last Updated :2025/12/07

no mill, no meal

Proverb
dated rare
Japanese Meaning
働かぬ者、食うべからず。つまり、努力や労働なくして結果は得られないという教訓。
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農場の労働者たちが長時間の労働に文句を言うと、監督は肩をすくめて『働かざる者食うべからず』という古いことわざを口にした。

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(dated, rare) If one does not work, one shall not eat.

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no mill, no meal

When the farmhands complained about their long hours, the foreman shrugged and recited the old proverb 'no mill, no meal'.

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When the farmhands complained about their long hours, the foreman shrugged and recited the old proverb 'no mill, no meal'.

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