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Don’t just tread on it
Make sure your neighborhood is friendly to mongooses 蛇の生殺しは人を噛む (Hebi no namagoroshi wa hito wo kamu; “A half-killed snake bites a person”) Definition: If you take action but don’t finish the job, you only invite harm. A snake wounded but … Continue reading
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Tagged a wounded snake, 蛇の生殺し, lingering danger, not dead yet, work left unfinished, 人を咬む, 人を噛む
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