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角つのをためて牛うしを殺ころす
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, す)
Idiomatic
1. to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; (lit.) to straighten the horns and kill the cow
Alt. forms
角つのを矯ためて牛うしを殺ころす
角つのをためて牛うしを殺ころす
Kanji used
角
angle
牛
cow
殺
kill
Conjugations...
Composed of
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back