Word Meaning 角を矯めて牛を殺す
つのをためてうしをころす
tsuno o tameteushi o korosu
角を矯めて牛を殺す is read as つのをためてうしをころす (tsuno o tameteushi o korosu) and means to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Meaning
English
- 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
Reading
Kana
つのをためてうしをころす
Romaji
tsuno o tameteushi o korosu