Hotdogs & Dogsands; Ice Cider
Andrew J. Moody
amoody at ASU.AASA.AC.JP
Thu Apr 20 09:59:18 UTC 2000
At 6:50 PM +0900 00.4.20, Andrew J. Moody wrote:
> At 5:23 AM -0400 00.4.20, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> > FLEA'S HEART
> >
> > The Japan Times, 19 April 2000, pg. 21, col. 2:
> >
> > A heavyset man weighing more than 100 kg, (new Prime Minister
>Yoshiro--ed.)
> >Mori is reputed to have a "flea's heart"--a reference to his indecisiveness.
> >
> > Flea's heart? Yes, a flea is small, but isn't the heart in proportion?
>Is
> >"flea's heart" a popular proverb in Japan or elsewhere?
>
> >From the Japanese expression "nomi no shinjou" [a flea's heart].
Sorry, I mean "nomi no shinzou"
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