English Dictionary

one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury

ことわざ

A single sexual encounter can lead to a lifetime of disease and treatment.

日本語の意味

ひと晩の情事が、一生涯の病気や治療生活に繋がる可能性があるという警句。 / 一度の性的関係が、長期にわたる健康問題や医療の問題を引き起こすかもしれないという戒め。

They always warn with the proverb 'one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury,' meaning that a single sexual encounter can result in a lifetime of disease and treatment.

彼らはことわざで「情事の一夜が生涯にわたる病気と治療を招く」と警告する。つまり、一度の性的関係が生涯続く病気や治療につながりかねないという意味だ。

意味（1）

A single sexual encounter can lead to a lifetime of disease and treatment.

An eminent physiologist, in the bad old days when Salvarsan and certain other Hg compounds were the only known remedy for venereal diseases, is said to have warned his students that 'One night with Venus may mean a lifetime with Mercury'.

one night with Venus （ canonical ）

a lifetime with Mercury （ canonical ）