医者の不養生

いしゃのふようじょう

failing to practice what one preaches

Meanings

  1. Expression

    failing to practice what one preachesIdiom

Example sentences

  • 医者いしゃの不養生ふようじょう。

    A good doctor follows his own directions.

  • あの先生せんせいタバコで肺はいがんになったんだって。医者いしゃの不養生ふようじょう、そのものだね。

    For him a doctor to get lung cancer from smoking - it's a typical case of 'Do as I say not as I do.'