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▶ to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example) ▶ to learn from someone's example ▶ [lit] to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it |
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| 9. | A 2022-05-10 12:14:47 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 8. | A* 2022-05-09 18:24:47 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij, wisdom 爪の垢を煎じて 9577 つめの垢を煎じて 1270 爪のあかを煎じて 705 |
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| Comments: | Not necessarily a wise person. I don't think "follow in the footsteps of" is quite right. I don't think the lit gloss needs the parenthesised part. |
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| Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6,6 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>つめの垢を煎じて飲む</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>爪のあかを煎じて飲む</keb> @@ -14,3 +20,3 @@ -<gloss>to take a lesson from (a wise person)</gloss> -<gloss>to follow in the footsteps of</gloss> -<gloss g_type="lit">to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)</gloss> +<gloss>to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)</gloss> +<gloss>to learn from someone's example</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it</gloss> |
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| 7. | A 2022-05-09 01:10:16 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Thanks. |
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| 6. | A* 2022-05-08 14:21:13 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Looks like the [lit] gloss type was dropped during an automated update? |
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| Diff: | @@ -16 +16 @@ -<gloss>to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)</gloss> |
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| 5. | A 2021-11-20 05:55:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | somebody conversion -*- via bulkupd.py -*- |
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| Diff: | @@ -16 +16 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)</gloss> +<gloss>to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)</gloss> |
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