陰陽師身の上知らず
おんようじみのうえしらず
people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future
Meanings
Expression
people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own futureproverb
Example sentences
陰陽師身の上知らず。
The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.