Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

味噌をつける

miso o tsukeru · みそをつける

Literally

to get miso on it

What it really means

to blunder and lose face

手前味噌(자기 자랑)의 그 된장이, 묻으면 망신.

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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