Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

手を抜く

te o nook-oo · てをぬく

Literally

to pull one's hand out

What it really means

to cut corners; to do a sloppy job

한국의 '손 떼다'는 그만두는 것, 이건 대충하는 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