五斗米のために腰を折る Goto-bei no tame ni koshi wo oru.

  • 解釈:僅かな給料のために、腰を低くして人に諂(へつ)らうような態度を執ること。
  • Literal:The waist is folded for the rice of 5 "to" (unit of volume).
  • Interpretation:It is that it lowers a waist for a few salaries and flatters with a person.
  • 類義:
GLN 日本の諺・金言・名言 A proverb, a maxim, and a wise saying of Japan.