Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

肝を冷やす

ki mo o hi ya su · きもをひやす

Literally

to cool the liver

What it really means

to get a fright, to have a scare (one's blood runs cold)

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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