Lost in Literal

🇨🇳 Chinese, taken literally

钻牛角尖

jwahn nyoh jow jee-en

Literally

drill into the tip of an ox horn

What it really means

To split hairs, get stuck obsessing over a minor point.

telling someone to stop overthinking a small detail

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Chinese, taken literally

加油add oil马马虎虎horse horse tiger tiger吃醋eat vinegar拍马屁pat the horse's butt走后门go through the back door打酱油buy soy sauce