見ては極楽住んでは地獄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	極	楽	住	地	獄
み Grade: 1	ごく Grade: 4	らく Grade: 2	す Grade: 3	じ Grade: 2	ごく Grade: S

Alternative spelling
見ては極樂住んでは地獄 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 聞いて極楽見て地獄 ("hearing it is paradise, seeing it is hell")

Etymology

Literally “seeing it is paradise, living there is hell”.

Proverb

見(み)ては極(ごく)楽(らく)住(す)んでは地(じ)獄(ごく) • (mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku) 

1. What you see isn't always what you get.

References

• https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AF%E6%A5%B5%E6%A5%BD%E4%BD%8F%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%E5%9C%B0%E7%8D%84/