盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son exp proverb Advanced ➥
今日は人の身明日は我が身 きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone exp proverb Advanced ➥
我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain exp proverb Advanced ➥