Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

道草を食う

mi chi ku sa o ku u · みちくさをくう

Literally

to eat roadside grass

What it really means

to dawdle on the way; to get sidetracked

말이 길가 풀 뜯어 먹느라 안 가는 모습.

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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