Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

棚からぼた餅

tana kara botamochi · たなからぼたもち

Literally

a bean-paste rice cake from the shelf

What it really means

an unexpected windfall

줄여서 棚ぼた. 한국은 호박이 굴러오고 일본은 떡이 떨어진다.

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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