禍福は糾える縄のごとし

Japanese

禍福は糾える縄のごとし、禍福は糾える縄の如し、禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし、禍福はあざなえる縄の如しかふくはあざなえるなわのごとし同音

exp. proverb fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours