Proverb 16: In the horse's ear

Here is today's proverb:

馬の耳に念仏

And in romaji:

uma no mimi ni nenbutsu

And English: "Nenbutsu in a horse's ear."

The first proverb that I blogged about, 朝題目に宵念仏 asa daimoku ni yoi nenbutsu, invoked the nenbutsu, a Buddhist prayer, and here it is again: this time being spoken into the ear of a hose, who couldn't care less. The horse is not deaf, but he has no idea what the nenbutsu is all about. This is a popular saying in Japan, hence this framed print:

My vocabulary for today:

耳
みみ
"ear"