へた
下手
　
な
かんが
考
　
え
やす
休
　
む
　
に
に
似
　
た
　
り

expression

Proverb.
  1. it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one, they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep, inadequate ideas are worse than none at all.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
へた
下手
　
な
かんが
考
　
え
やす
休
　
む
　
に
に
似
　
た
　
り
 下手な考え休むに似たり へたなかんがえやすむににたり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

below, down, descend
カ　した　くだ.る (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
hand
て　シュ　ズ (1st, N4)
consider, think over
かんが.える　コウ　たか (2nd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる
rest, day off, retire
やす.む　キュウ (1st, N5)
human radical (no. 9)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
becoming, resemble, counterfeit
に.る　ジ　にた (5th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
by means of, because, in view of
イ　もっ.て　もち (4th, N4)
hook stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)