Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

猫に小判

neh koh nee koh bahn · ねこにこばん

Literally

Gold coins to a cat

What it really means

Giving something valuable to someone who cannot appreciate it

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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 借りてきた猫A borrowed cat (that was brought over)