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fine toothcomb
Noun
Japanese Meaning
細かい歯を持つ櫛、つまり本来は「fine-toothed comb」と表記すべきところが誤解されて「fine toothcomb」となった、という意味合い。
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Misunderstanding of fine-tooth(ed) comb.
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fine toothcomb
I asked Sarah to go over the report with a fine toothcomb, and she arrived with a literal hair comb, clearly misunderstanding the idiom.
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I asked Sarah to go over the report with a fine toothcomb, and she arrived with a literal hair comb, clearly misunderstanding the idiom.
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