Japanese

ぎればさをれる

のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる
Meaning: danger past, God forgotten; people soon forget their past troubles or the help they received
Part of Speech: Idiom, Phrase

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Handwriting

喉
元
過
ぎ
れ
ば
熱
さ
を
忘
れ
る

Example

As they say, 'danger past, God forgotten'; he is repeating the same mistake again.

Usage Notes

A proverb literally meaning 'once it passes the throat, you forget the heat.' It describes how people tend to forget hardships once they are over, as well as the gratitude owed to those who helped them.

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