喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる

喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喉	元	過	熱	忘
のど Grade: S	もと Grade: 2	す Grade: 5	あつ Grade: 4	わす Grade: 6

Etymology

Literally, "you forget the heat once it passes your throat," meaning that once you swallow something that's too hot, you feel relieved and are apt to eat something just as hot again.

Idiom

喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる (hiragana のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる, rōmaji nodomoto sugireba atsusa o wasureru)

1. once on shore, we pray no more, danger past and God forgotten