- English translation
Lucky is the one whose fields lie right at his doorstep.
- Literal wording
He whose field lies at the door of his house: how fortunate he is!
- Meaning and lesson
Framed as a congratulatory exclamation, the saying singles out a person whose cultivated ground begins where the house ends and declares that arrangement a stroke of good fortune worth admiring.
The value it expresses is a preference for keeping one's means of living within arm's reach. Closeness between home and livelihood is treated as a blessing, while separation between them is implicitly cast as a burden.
- When it is used
Fits as an admiring remark about someone whose crops or garden adjoin their dwelling. Its grammar points to a third person, so it is naturally said about another household's fortunate arrangement rather than spoken as advice.
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