そうは問屋が卸さない

そうはとんやがおろさないsouhatonyagaorosanai

expression

  1. things don't work that well in the real world
  2. things seldom go as one wishes
  3. that is expecting too much
  4. it won't be that easy
  5. the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences