Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

猫舌

neh koh jee tah · ねこじた

Literally

Cat's tongue

What it really means

Cannot eat hot things

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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 猫背Cat's back 猫の額Cat's forehead 借りてきた猫A borrowed cat (that was brought over)