石に漱ぎ流れに枕す
いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす
Meanings
- Expression to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong (literally: to rinse one's mouth with a rock and rest one's head in a river)
Kanji
- 石 stone. Read as いし.
- 漱 gargle; rinse mouth. Read as くちすすぐ.
- 流 flow. Read as ながれ.
- 枕 pillow. Read as まくら.