粋が身を食う | Japanese meaning

粋が身を食う【すいがみをくう】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a manproverb

Forms

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a manproverb

Forms

N1常用

意chic; style; purity; essence; pith; cream; elite; choice

訓いき

音スイ

意somebody; person; one's station in life

訓み

音シン

N52

意eat; food

訓く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

音ショク、ジキ

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