Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

舌を巻く

shita o maku · したをまく

Literally

to roll one's tongue

What it really means

to be astounded; to marvel

한국은 내두르고, 일본은 만다.

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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