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[exp]
[proverb]
▶ don't put the trivial ahead of the important ▶ don't sweat the small stuff ▶ don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) |
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[exp]
[proverb]
▶ read the fine print ▶ be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) |
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| 4. | A 2018-01-18 05:28:59 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<gloss>don't sweat the small stuff</gloss> |
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| 3. | A 2018-01-16 10:42:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 2. | A* 2017-12-06 11:39:32 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | wonderfully counterintuitive. the daij definitions are very proverb-y: １ 大事をなすには、小事にも気をつけ油断してはならない。 ２ 大事をなそうとするときは、小事にかまってはいられない。 ①大事を行う前は、ささいな事にはかまわない方がよい。 ②大事を行う前には、ささいな事にも慎重に対処しなければならな い。 but in the ei-wa's the glosses are more noun-y それは大事の前の小事だ That is a minor matter. - 斎藤和英大辞典 いわばそれは大事の前の小事だ. It is, so to speak, a small sacrifice in a great cause. - 研究社 新和英中辞典 |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ -<misc>&id;</misc> -<gloss>Lose a fly to catch a trout</gloss> -<gloss>small sacrifice in a great cause</gloss> +<misc>&proverb;</misc> +<gloss>don't put the trivial ahead of the important</gloss> +<gloss>don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<misc>&proverb;</misc> +<gloss>read the fine print</gloss> +<gloss>be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)</gloss> |
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| 1. | A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 | |
| Comments: | Entry created |
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