骨折り損の草臥れ儲け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
骨	折	損	草	臥	儲
ほね Grade: 6	お Grade: 4	そん > ぞん Grade: 5	くたび		もう Jinmeiyō
			Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

Etymology

骨(ほね)折(お)り損(ぞん) (honeorizon, “efforts in vain”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 草臥(くたび)れる (kutabireru, “be exhausted”) + 儲(もう)ける (mōkeru, “to profit”)

Idiom

骨(ほね)折(お)り損(ぞん)の草臥(くたび)れ儲(もう)け • (honeorizon no kutabire mōke) 

1. great trouble and pains but in vain