# "Japanese" proverb: Floating enemies, river sitting

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 22, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-proverb-floating-enemies-river-sitting/547602 "2010-07-22T14:44:28Z")
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### Author: ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-proverb-floating-enemies-river-sitting/547602/69 "2017-04-19T21:03:13Z")

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Wait, all these years I’ve been sitting by the river waiting for an enema when the saying was really “enemy”? Damned accents.

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