海 (Umi) is the sea. 千 (Sen) is a thousand. 山 (Yama) is a mountain. 千 (Sen) is a thousand.
-->Literaly means "The sea for a thousand, a mountain for a thousand.
Explaining;
Very cunning, sly like a person who has much experience.
This Japanese proverb comes from the Japanese old tradition that if snakes live in the sea for a thousand year and in mountains for a thousand year they will become dragons.
If snakes can be dragons with experience, what human beings can turn into?
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