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when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp
It is easy to lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially related to the original goal.
最初に掲げた目的が見失われ、細かい事柄や本筋から外れたタスクにとらわれること / 当初の目標よりも、付随するあるいは些細な作業に執着して、主要な意図が薄れてしまう状態
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it's the hit dog that howls
swing that way
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true that
fuck that noise
how's that again
how's that for
how's that
Used to ask someone to repeat something / (cricket) Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see how, is, that.
相手にもう一度繰り返し話してもらいたいときに使う表現 / クリケットなどの場面で、審判にバッツマンがアウトかどうかの判断を求める表現 / その他、文脈に応じたニュアンスで使われる表現(比喩的または慣用的でない場合)
that was that
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
(idiomatic) To seek short-term gain at the sacrifice of long-term profit.
短期的な利益を狙うために、将来的に得られる持続的な利益や安定を犠牲にすること。 / 一時の利益のために、長期的な繁栄や安定を放棄する行動。
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