坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い

坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
坊	主	憎	袈	裟	憎
ぼう Grade: S	ず Grade: 3	にく Grade: S	け Jinmeiyō	さ Jinmeiyō	にく Grade: S

Etymology

坊主 (bōzu, “Buddhist monk”) +‎ 憎けれ (nikukere, “if one hates”) +‎ や (ya, “and”) +‎ 袈裟 (kesa, “robes”) +‎ まで (made, “until”) +‎ 憎い (nikui, “hate”).
Literally "hate a monk, and you will hate his very robes".

Idiom

坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い (hiragana ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい, rōmaji bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui)

1. love me, love my dog, hating everything about a person