紺屋の白袴

Illustration representing the proverb 紺屋の白袴

紺屋の白袴

(こうやのしろばかま)

Japanese meaning

商売に忙しくて、自分のすることをする暇のないことにいう。

English meaning

Being so busy with work that you neglect your own matters.

Literal English translation

White trousers of the indigo dyer.