頭隠して、尻隠さず Hide Head, Don’t Hide Butt

あたまかくして、しりかくさず Hide Head, Don’t Hide Butt

日本にほんことわざ
あたまかくして、しりかくさず
Cover your head, but Expose your Butt

Japanese proverbs

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あたまかくして、しりかくさず
Cover your head, but Expose your Butt

あたまかくして、しりかくさず
Japanese
あたまかくして、しりかくさず
Literal
Hide head, don’t hide butt
English Equivalent
Hiding your head in the sand (like an Ostrich)
[Not a very similar meaning, but both are used for ridicule when someone does something foolish]
Notes

かくして hiding
The て form of かくす to hide; conceal

かくさず not hide
The ず is a negative ending

 

Example Sentence

しんのすけは、かくれんぼうするとき、いつもおしりがえている。まさに、あたまかくしてしりかくさずだ。
Shinnosuke when playing hide-and-go-seek, always (hides somewhere that) exposes his backend. Truly, this is hiding his head but not his butt.

 

Vocabulary image

しんのすけ—a boy’s name
かくれんぼう—hide-and-go-seek (children’s game)
するとき—when doing…
いつも—always
おしり—butt; backend
えている—able to be seen
まさに—surely; certainly; truly

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