See 馬鹿と鋏は使いよう on Wiktionary
{
"lang": "日本語",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成句",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"切れない鋏も使い方次第で切れるように、馬鹿者でもうまく扱えば役に立つということ。"
],
"id": "ja-馬鹿と鋏は使いよう-ja-phrase-nbUn2A-4"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "praise a fool, and you may make him useful"
}
],
"word": "馬鹿と鋏は使いよう"
}
{
"lang": "日本語",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成句",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"切れない鋏も使い方次第で切れるように、馬鹿者でもうまく扱えば役に立つということ。"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "praise a fool, and you may make him useful"
}
],
"word": "馬鹿と鋏は使いよう"
}
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