Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

馬の耳に念仏

oo mah noh mee mee nee nehn boo tsoo · うまのみみにねんぶつ

Literally

Buddhist chants to a horse's ear

What it really means

Talking to someone who doesn't understand or care

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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