![IMAGE: Expectation is better than realization. / There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.] / The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/i-do-not-see-2384621_640.jpg)
名物にうまい物無し。（日本の諺）
/ 聞くと見るとは大違い。［見ると聞くとは大違い。］
/ 実現したときより、期待しているときがまし。
/ 実物は名に聞くほどではない。［現実は名声と一致しないことが多い。］
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There is a great difference between the fame and the reality. [The reality falls far short of the fame.]
/ Expectation is better than realization.
/ The reality (always) falls short of the fame. [The reality often belies the fame.]
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: Out of the mouth comes evil. [Out of the mouth proceeds evil.] / Better the foot slip than the tongue. / Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/man-70603_640-100x58.jpg)