Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

顔から火が出る

ka o ka ra hi ga de ru · かおからひがでる

Literally

fire comes out of the face

What it really means

to be so embarrassed that one's face turns red

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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