秋刀魚は目黒に限る

さんまはめぐろにかぎる

Also written さんまは目黒に限る, サンマは目黒に限る

Meanings

1. Expression (literally: Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro) (from a rakugo story; used ironically to poke fun at someone who makes an ignorant statement with confidence)

Kanji

• 秋 autumn
• 刀 katana
• 魚 fish
• 目 eye
• 黒 black. Read as くろ.
• 限 limit. Read as かぎる.

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