多言は身を害す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	言	身	害
た Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2	み Grade: 3	がい Grade: 4

Etymology

Literally, "too much words will harm oneself." Calque of Literary Chinese 多言害身. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proverb

多(た)言(げん)は身(み)を害(がい)す • (tagen wa mi o gaisu) 

1. One word too many will be the end of me.