Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

鴨にする

kamo ni suru · かもにする

Literally

to make (someone) a duck

What it really means

to make a sucker of someone; to fleece

한국의 봉은 봉황, 일본의 봉은 오리. 카타카나 カモ로도 자주 쓴다.

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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