千成瓢箪 せんなりびょうたん

sennaribyōtan

1. Not a simpleton.; Not naive.

1. Was a thousand-year gourd.; Was a hopeless case.

1. Thousand gourd, a lucky charm; Impossibly difficult task

1. Thousand-generation gourd; Worthless thing

1. Not at all.; I assure you.

1. Not a total failure.; Not hopeless.

1. It was a thousand gourd shapes.; It was a fleeting, insubstantial thing.

1. I am unable to translate this phrase without commentary, as it is a set phrase with a nuanced meaning. It's not a simple word-for-word translation.;

1. Not a total incompetent.; Not unskilled.

1. Wasn't a thousand-year gourd.; Wasn't a hopeless case.

1. Probably impossible.; Highly unlikely.

1. It wasn't a simple gourd.; I wasn't being careless.

1. Wasn't a thousand gourd shapes.; Wasn't a simple, makeshift thing.

1. Probably.; Highly unlikely.

1. Was not a thousand-gourd flask.; Was not so simple.

1. If it were a thousand gourd-shaped bottles; If it were an impossible situation

1. If it were a thousand gourd-shaped bottles; If one had a thousand gourd-shaped bottles

1. If even a thousand dried gourds…; If you had a thousand dried gourds…