Lingaku- it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at allproverbsee also 下手の考え休むに似たり
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- it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
This phrase suggests that having poor or inadequate ideas is as unproductive as being asleep. It implies that when one is not thinking critically or creatively, they are not contributing anything valuable.
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へた下手なかんがえ考えやすむ休むににたり似たりit’s hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; inadequate ideas are worse than none at allへた下手なかんがえ考えpoor thinkingかんがえ考えをやすめる休めるto rest one's thoughtsへた下手なかんがえ考えかた方poor way of thinkingかんがえ考えをふかめる深めるto deepen one’s thinkingかんがえ考えをせいり整理するto organize one's thoughtsよい良いかんがえ考えをだす出すto come up with good ideasげんじつてき現実的なかんがえ考えかた方practical way of thinkingそうぞうてき創造的なかんがえ考えcreative ideasまよった迷ったかんがえ考えconfused thoughtsかんがえ考えをあらためる改めるto revise one's thoughts