権兵衛が種蒔きゃ烏がほじくる
ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain (literally: if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up)
Kanji
- 権 authority. Read as ゴン.
- 兵 soldier
- 衛 guard
- 種 kind. Read as たね.
- 蒔 sow (seeds). Read as まく.
- 烏 crow; raven. Read as からす.