Japanese

Proverb

猿も木から落ちる ‎(hiragana さるもきからおちる, romaji saru mo ki kara ochiru)

1. even experts occasionally make mistakes: even Homer sometimes nods, a horse may stumble though he has four legs

See also

• 上手 (じょうず)の手 (て)から水 (みず)が濡 (ぬ)れる ‎(jōzu no te kara mizu ga nureru)
• 河童 (かっぱ)の川流 (かわなが)れ ‎(kappa no kawanagare)
• 弘法 (こうぼう)にも筆 (ふで)の誤 (あやま)り ‎(kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari)

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112