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	す > ず Grade: 3	にく Grade: S	け Jinmeiyō	さ Jinmeiyō	にく Grade: S
goon		kun'yomi	goon	kan'on	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally “hate a monk, and you will hate his very robes”.

Idiom

坊(ぼう)主(ず)憎(にく)けりゃ袈(け)裟(さ)まで憎(にく)い • (bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui) 

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