角を矯めて牛を殺す
つのをためてうしをころすtsunootameteushiokorosu
まれ・専門動詞
意味
意味は英語で表示しています(JMdict)。
表現五段動詞(す)
to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow
会議で彼の些細なミスばかりを指摘し、プロジェクト全体の成功を喜べなかった。まるで角を矯めて牛を殺すような無意味なことだった。
- In the meeting, I did nothing but point out his minor mistakes, so I couldn't celebrate the success of the project as a whole. It was a pointless endeavor, like killing the cow to fix its horns.
例文 2
会議で彼の些細なミスばかりを指摘し、プロジェクト全体の成功を喜べなかった。まるで角を矯めて牛を殺すような無意味なことだった。
- In the meeting, I did nothing but point out his minor mistakes, so I couldn't celebrate the success of the project as a whole. It was a pointless endeavor, like killing the cow to fix its horns.
