(idiomatic) the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

(idiomatic) Alternative form of 出る釘は打たれる (deru kugi wa utareru, “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down”)

Alternative form of 見出す

many a true word is spoken in jest; words spoken in jest may come true (often by accident)

reap what one sows, getting one's just deserts

ushi no toki mairi, a traditional Japanese practice where a person visits (参(まい)り (mairi)) a shrine at approximately 2 AM in the morning (丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki)) in order to nail a straw effigy of a person (藁人形(わらにんぎょう) (waraningyō)) to a tree and wish for that person's death

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(linguistics) synchronic

eleven o'clock

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight