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Unclassified Expression, う-verb (す)

角(つの)を矯(ため)めて牛(うし)を殺(ころ)す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, to straighten the horns and kill the cow

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    1. Expression, う-verb (す)

      1. 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, to straighten the horns and kill the cow

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    角を矯めて牛を殺す 【つのをためてうしをころす】

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