角を矯めて牛を殺す
Idiom- 1to 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 Translated by Jiyomi
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角をためて牛を殺す
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) · Godan verb with 'su' ending
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