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A 2023-11-20 00:47:34 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
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I'd suggest that we could add a [fig] gloss, but "cornered (like a) rat" is surely already a well known figure of speech in English. |
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A 2023-11-20 00:37:52 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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daijr: 追い詰められて逃げ場を失った鼠(ネズミ)。 |
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It's not described as figurative in the kokugos (although I suspect it's only used in idioms and proverbs).
I understand the intention behind Marcus's 2019 amendment but I think a literal translation plus an x-ref works better here. |
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A* 2023-11-20 00:17:56
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Is "cornered rat" here really meant to be taken literally? |
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A 2023-11-19 23:17:50 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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Rat or mouse, either works. |
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A* 2023-11-19 07:31:53
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kokugos + gg5 |
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pretty much all dictionaries say it just means cornered rat
daijr, smk, shinkoku, iwakoku do refer to the proverb |
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-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>cornered animal</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">cornered rat</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2103200">窮鼠猫を噛む</xref>
+<gloss>cornered rat</gloss> |
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A 2019-06-18 21:04:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2019-06-18 08:21:29 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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-<gloss>cornered rat</gloss>
-<gloss>cornered mouse</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>cornered animal</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">cornered rat</gloss> |
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A 2017-12-04 09:36:24 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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-<gloss>cornered rat or mouse</gloss>
+<gloss>cornered rat</gloss>
+<gloss>cornered mouse</gloss> |