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🇹🇭 Thai, taken literally

จับปลาสองมือ

jap pla song meu · jàp bplaa sŏng meu

Literally

Catching fish with two hands

What it really means

To try to achieve two things at once, and fail at both

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Thai, taken literally

ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่The chicken sees the snake's feet, the snake sees the chicken's breastsหนีเสือปะจระเข้Fleeing the tiger, meeting the crocodileขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตนRiding an elephant to catch a grasshopperสีซอให้ควายฟังPlaying the violin for a water buffaloแมวไม่อยู่หนูร่าเริงWhen the cat is away, the mice will playกบในกะลาครอบA frog in a coconut shell