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籠で水を汲む
【 かごでみずをくむ 】
1. [exp,v5m] [id]
▶ to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon
▶ [lit] to scoop water with a basket

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3. A 2018-06-15 10:17:15  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2018-06-15 01:24:43  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, kotowaza.jitenon.jp, etc.
doesn't seem obsc
  Diff: 
@@ -13,2 +13,3 @@
-<misc>&obsc;</misc>
-<gloss>like trying to scoop water with a basket (i.e. impossible, a waste of time &amp; energy)</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to scoop water with a basket</gloss>
1. A 2007-05-30 00:00:00 
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