Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

空気を読む

ku u ki o yo mu · くうきをよむ

Literally

to read the air

What it really means

to read the room

못 읽는 사람은 KY(空気読めない).

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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