Noun
English: dirt under fingernails; symbolic equivalent of gall, an admirable trait to have
German: Nageldreck
Japanese: 爪の垢, 無作法の象徴
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Notes
TKW p. 142. butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo' 'Admire the person with dit under hisfingernails.' "… In this expression it means something like 'effrontery, impudence, brazenness.'"
