瓢箪から駒が出る

ひょうたんからこまがでる

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd

瓢箪

ひょうたん ヒョウタン

gourd, calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)

瓢箪鯰

ひょうたんなまず

(person) slippery as an eel

青瓢箪

あおびょうたん

green calabash, unripe gourd

千成瓢箪

せんなりびょうたん

bottle gourd

箪食瓢飲

たんしひょういん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

一箪の食一瓢の飲

いったんのしいっぴょうのいん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

箪笥

たんす タンス

chest of drawers, bureau, cabinet, tansu, dresser

箪食

たんし

bamboo dish of rice

一箪

bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

駒

こま

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.)

乾瓢

かんぴょう

strips of dried gourd

一瓢

いっぴょう

one gourd

茶箪笥

ちゃだんす

cupboard or chest for tea implements

ベビー箪笥

ベビーだんす ベビーたんす

small-sized wardrobe

用箪笥

ようだんす

small cabinet, chest of drawers, bureau

駒座

こまざ

Equuleus (constellation), the Colt

手駒

てごま

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

駒損

こまそん

loss of material