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jmdict 2553380 Active (id: 1976481)
<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>



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