ぶた
豚
　
を
ぬす
盗
　
ん
　
で
ほね
骨
　
を
ほどこ
施
　
す

expression

Proverb.
  1. you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence, steal a pig and give the feet for alms.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぶた
豚
　
を
ぬす
盗
　
ん
　
で
ほね
骨
　
を
ほどこ
施
　
す
 豚を盗んで骨を施す ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pork, pig
ぶた　トン (8th, N1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
シ (Kentei 1)
steal, rob, pilfer
ぬす.む　トウ (7th, N3)
next, order, sequence
つぎ　ジ　つ.ぐ (3rd, N3)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ　か.ける　ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
dish, a helping, plate
さら　ベイ (3rd, N2)
skeleton, bone, remains
ほね　コツ (6th, N2)
cut flesh from bones(剮) variant
カ　ケ　わ.ける
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
give, bestow, perform
シ　ほどこ.す　セ (8th, N1)
flags flying, streamers
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
to be (classical)
ヤ　なり　エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ　メ　やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ