門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

Meanings

Expression
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)proverbAbbreviation

Example sentences

門前もんぜんの小僧こぞう習ならわぬ経きょうを読よむ。

A saint's maid quotes Latin.