ProverbHuman Nature
Japanese origin
Japanese origin捨てる神あれば拾う神あり (Suteru kami areba hirou kami ari)
Meaning: When one door closes, another opens; someone will value what others reject.
Literally: If there is a god who throws away, there is a god who picks up
Example: “大手には不採用だったが、小さな会社が雇ってくれた。捨てる神あれば拾う神ありだ。” — The big firm turned me down, but a small company hired me: when one door closes, another opens.
Equivalents in English and German
English: One man's trash is another man's treasure
German: Was dem einen sin Uhl, ist dem annern sin Nachtigall (literally: What is one person's owl is another person's nightingale)
Origin: Japanese belief counts countless gods, kami: if one abandons you, another may take you in.
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