🇹🇭 Thai, taken literally
ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน
kee chang jap tak-taen · khìi cháaŋ jàp ták-ka-tɛɛn
Literally
Riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper
What it really means
To go to great lengths for a trivial matter
Keep the ones you liked. We will bring them back before you forget.
Thai, taken literally
ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่The chicken sees the snake's feet, the snake sees the chicken's breastsหนีเสือปะจระเข้Fleeing the tiger, meeting the crocodileสีซอให้ควายฟังPlaying the violin for a water buffaloแมวไม่อยู่หนูร่าเริงWhen the cat is away, the mice will playกบในกะลาครอบA frog in a coconut shellรีดเลือดจากปูSqueezing blood from a crab