角を矯めて牛を殺す

つのをためてうしをころすtsunootameteushiokorosu

expression · godan verb

  1. to throw the baby out with the bath water
  2. to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
  3. to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point
  4. to straighten the horns and kill the cow

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences