Word Meaning 爪で拾って箕で零す

つめでひろってみでこぼす tsume de hirottemi de kobosu

爪で拾って箕で零す is read as つめでひろってみでこぼす (tsume de hirottemi de kobosu) and means penny wise and pound foolish.

Meaning

English

  1. penny wise and pound foolish

Reading

Kana

つめでひろってみでこぼす

Romaji

tsume de hirottemi de kobosu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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つめ

hook

爪先

つまさき

toes

爪楊枝

つまようじ

toothpick

爪切り

つめきり

nail clippers

拾い出す

ひろいだす

to single out

じゅう

book containing a collection of poems

れい

zero

収拾

しゅうしゅう

control

拾得

しゅうとく

finding (lost property)

零下

れいか

below zero

拾う

ひろう

to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)

零点

れいてん

zero (of a function)