"鳧脛短しと雖も之を続がば則ち憂えん" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 成句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ふけいみじかしといえどもこれをつがばすなわちうれえん"
    },
    {
      "form": "鴨の足は短けれども継げば憂う",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鴨の脛も継ぐべからず",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "鴨の足が短いからといって足を継ぎ足し伸ばしてやっても鴨は嫌がる。同様に、万物はそれぞれに相応しい特徴があるのだから、下手に手を加えたりせず天分に安んずるのが良い。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-鳧脛短しと雖も之を続がば則ち憂えん-ja-phrase-FiE5L8ig"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "断鶴続鳧"
    },
    {
      "word": "鶴を断ちて鳧に続ぐ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "鳧脛短しと雖も之を続がば則ち憂えん"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 成句"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ふけいみじかしといえどもこれをつがばすなわちうれえん"
    },
    {
      "form": "鴨の足は短けれども継げば憂う",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鴨の脛も継ぐべからず",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "鴨の足が短いからといって足を継ぎ足し伸ばしてやっても鴨は嫌がる。同様に、万物はそれぞれに相応しい特徴があるのだから、下手に手を加えたりせず天分に安んずるのが良い。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "断鶴続鳧"
    },
    {
      "word": "鶴を断ちて鳧に続ぐ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "鳧脛短しと雖も之を続がば則ち憂えん"
}