Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

油を売る

abura o uru · あぶらをうる

Literally

to sell oil

What it really means

to slack off; to loaf around on the job

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Japanese, taken literally

猫の手も借りたいI want to borrow even a cat's paw 猫に小判Gold coins to a cat 猫をかぶるTo put on a cat 猫舌Cat's tongue 猫背Cat's back 猫の額Cat's forehead