Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

焼け石に水

ya ke i shi ni mi zu · やけいしにみず

Literally

water on a heated stone

What it really means

a drop in the bucket

한국은 얼어서 문제, 일본은 뜨거워서 문제.

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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