046Japanese proverb ことわざ
餅は餅屋
もちはもちやMochi wa mochiya
“For rice cakes, go to the rice-cake maker.”
The meaning
To each their trade. A diligent amateur does not replace years of practice: knowing when to entrust is a skill too.
At the origin
An Edo proverb celebrating specialist craftsmanship.
The characters
- 餅 mochirice cake
- は watopic marker
- 餅屋
はParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.
In practice
For what matters, call on someone who does it every day.