Timeline for What's the English equivalent of the Japanese saying, “A fart ruins 100 days of sermons by the priest (bishop)”?

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Jan 28, 2013 at 8:51	comment	added	Yoichi Oishi		I did, and put the site into 'My favorite' site.
Jan 28, 2013 at 3:32	comment	added	Terry Li		@YoichiOishi Try searching the character in this search engine.
Jan 28, 2013 at 3:10	comment	added	Yoichi Oishi		Thanks. Great to know we share common axiom and culture. It's pity I can't get the character 獒 in the Japanese Word.
Jan 28, 2013 at 2:31	comment	added	Terry Li		@YoichiOishi 九仞 does exist in the original text. 书经《尚书·旅獒》：“为山九仞，功亏一篑。”
Jan 28, 2013 at 2:26	comment	added	Yoichi Oishi		@Terry Li. I believe Japanese proverb, 九仞の功を一簣に欠くcame from Chinese original, ‘gong kui yi kui-功亏一篑’which is first found in the 尚書. I wonder if the word, 九仞 wasn’t existent in the original text, and added later by Japanese men of letters. Personally I think addition of 九仞- 9 meters, yards whichever gives a more concrete impression than simply saying ‘vitiate all the success with the last pile.
Jan 26, 2013 at 12:18	comment	added	Jon Hanna		I know that one as "There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip".
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:16	history	edited	Terry Li	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 133 characters in body
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:07	history	answered	Terry Li	CC BY-SA 3.0