Yowari Me ni Tatari Me (弱り目に祟り目 - Misfortunes Never Come Singly)

Yowari Me ni Tatari Me

I had used my iPhone for two years without a case or film, and there was no scratch on it; however, several days ago, I dropped it on concrete, and now it has many scratches.

Even more unfortunately, today I dropped my MacBook Pro, which I bought a year ago for about $350,000, hard on the floor and it is now distorted.

I am very, very sad.

Such a situation can be described with the proverb, 'yowari me ni tatari me' (弱り目に祟り目).

Since 'yowari' (弱り) means "weak/weakened," 'me' (目) means "condition," 'tatari' (祟り) means "curse," the literal meaning of this proverb is "weakened condition, and curse condition."

In other words, it represents a situation where further misfortune happens when one's mind or body is weak.

弱り目に祟り目

私は2年間 iPhone にケースやフィルムをつけず、無傷でやってきましたが、つい先日コンクリートに落として傷だらけにしました。

そして今日は、1年前に購入した約50万円のMacBook Proを、激しく地面に落下させ、大きく歪ませてしまいました。

とても、とても悲しいです。

このような状況を、「弱り目に祟り目」ということわざで表現することができます。

「弱り」は "weakened"、「目」は "condition"、「祟り」は "curse" を意味するので、「弱り目に祟り目」の文字どおりの意味は "weakened condition, and curse condition" となります。

心や体が弱っているときに、さらに不幸が重なるというわけです。

• Yowari Me ni Tatari Me (弱り目に祟り目 - Misfortunes Never Come Singly)
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• Yowari Me ni Tatari Me
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• I had used my iPhone for two years without a case or film, and there was no scratch on it; however, several days ago, I dropped it on concrete, and now it has many scratches.
• I had used my iPhone for two years without a case or screen protector, and there were no scratches on it; however, several days ago, I dropped it on concrete, and now it has many scratches.

• Even more unfortunately, today I dropped my MacBook Pro, which I bought a year ago for about $350,000, hard on the floor and it is now distorted.
• Even more unfortunately, today I dropped my MacBook Pro, which I bought a year ago for about 350,000 yen, hard on the floor and it has become bent.

• I am very, very sad.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Such a situation can be described with the proverb, 'yowari me ni tatari me' (弱り目に祟り目).
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Since 'yowari' (弱り) means "weak/weakened," 'me' (目) means "condition," 'tatari' (祟り) means "curse," the literal meaning of this proverb is "weakened condition, and curse condition."
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• In other words, it represents a situation where further misfortune happens when one's mind or body is weak.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!