かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

借 りる 時 の 地 蔵 顔 、 済 す 時 の 閻 魔 顔

  1. expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
    proverb