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下戸 げこ

  1. non-drinker; someone who cannot drink

下戸と化け物はない げことばけものはない

  1. everyone drinks at least a little bit; ghosts and non-drinkers do not exist

下戸の建てた蔵はない げこのたてたくらはない

  1. don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse

酔い醒めの水下戸知らず よいさめのみずげこしらず

  1. a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk

上戸は毒を知らず下戸は薬を知らず じょうごはどくをしらずげこはくすりをしらず

  1. drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
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