忠言逆耳

ちゅうげんぎゃくじ

good advice is harsh to the ears, honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears

逆に言うと

ぎゃくにいうと

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

忠言

ちゅうげん

(good) advice

逆に言えば

ぎゃくにいえば

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

親に逆らう

おやにさからう

to disobey one's parents

逆に

ぎゃくに

conversely, on the contrary

逆らう

さからう

to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy

逆さ言葉

さかさことば

word said backwards, word of opposite meaning

忠告に従う

ちゅうこくにしたがう

to follow advice, to act upon advice

俗に言う

ぞくにいう

commonly referred to as...

ボロクソに言う

ぼろくそにいう

to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into

世に言う

よにいう

what is called; what they call; so-called

ように言う

ようにいう

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

耳に入る

みみにはいる

to hear of

耳に残る

みみにのこる

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

寝耳に水

ねみみにみず

bolt from the blue, great surprise

耳に挟む

みみにはさむ

to happen to hear; to overhear

耳にする

みみにする

to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)

耳に付く

みみにつく

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear