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<entry> <ent_seq>2553380</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>角を矯めて牛を殺す</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>つのをためてうしをころす</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&exp;</pos> <pos>&v5s;</pos> <misc>&id;</misc> <gloss>to throw the baby out with the bath water</gloss> <gloss>to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel</gloss> <gloss g_type="expl">to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point</gloss> <gloss g_type="lit">to straighten the horns and kill the cow</gloss> </sense> </entry>