[やけののきぎすよるのつる, yakenonokigisuyorunotsuru] (exp) (obsc) parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
[きじもなかずばうたれまい, kijimonakazubautaremai] (exp) avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries