[かっかそうよう, kakkasouyou](n) being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch[Add to Longdo]
[おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな, onimojuuhachibanchamodebana](exp) (See 番茶も出花) just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth[Add to Longdo]