Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

尾ひれをつける

o-hire o tsukeru · おひれをつける

Literally

to attach a tail and fins

What it really means

to embellish a story

소문이 물고기처럼 헤엄쳐 다니는 그림.

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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