Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

手が出ない

te ga deh-nah-ee · てがでない

Literally

one's hand doesn't come out

What it really means

out of one's reach (too expensive or too hard)

한국의 '손이 안 간다'는 관심이 없는 것.

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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