尺で鯛を釣る
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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尺 | 鯛 | 釣 |
しゃく Grade: 6 |
たい Jinmeiyō |
つ Grade: S |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to catch a bream with an inchworm”.
Idiom
[edit]尺で鯛を釣る • (shaku de tai o tsuru)
- obtaining something large with something small
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 741:
- Xacu. l, xacumuxi. シャク. または, しゃくむし (尺. または, 尺虫) 歩くときに身を縮めたりしながら進む一種の小虫. Xacude taiuo tçuru. (尺で鯛を釣る) 諺. この小虫で鯛を釣って取る人のように, 小さなもので大きなものを手に入れる.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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