Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

山をかける

ya ma o ka ke ru · やまをかける

Literally

to bet on a mountain

What it really means

to guess what will be on the exam; to gamble on a hunch

광산에서 광맥을 찍어 거는 데서. 山が当たった = 찍은 게 나왔다.

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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