用ある時の地蔵顔、用なき時の閻魔顔 You aru toki no Jizou-gao, you naki toki no Enma-gao.

  • 解釈:頼みたいことがあるときは愛想がよいのに、用がないと嫌な顔をすること。
  • Literal:When there is business, it is face of a guardian deity of children. It is Yama's face when there is no business.
  • Interpretation:Though I am amiable when I want to ask, it is to give a dirty look if there is not business.
  • 類義:借りる時の地蔵顔、済(な)す時の閻魔顔。
GLN 日本の諺・金言・名言 A proverb, a maxim, and a wise saying of Japan.