![IMAGE: To preach to deaf ears. [To pray to deaf ears.] / A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. / In at one ear and out at the other.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/horse-1330690_640.jpg)
馬の耳に念仏。 - 『いろは歌留多（上方）』
/ うなずいても目くばせしても盲馬にとっては同じこと。
/ 右の耳から入って左の耳から出て行く。
/ （中国～日本の諺）馬耳東風。 - 李白 (701 - 62)
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To preach to deaf ears. [To pray to deaf ears.]
/ A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
/ In at one ear and out at the other.
![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: Pride will have a fall. The proud do not endure. Pride goes before destruction (and shame comes after). Pride comes before a fall. [Pride goes before a fall.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lion-2242364_1920_lion-1987846_1920edit640-100x66.jpg)
