Shinshō Boudai (針小棒大 – Making Mountains out of Molehills)
Yesterday, I introduced the Japanese idiom, “ohire wo tsukeru” (尾ひれを付ける), which menas to embellish or exaggerate a story using something
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Ohire wo Tsukeru (尾ひれをつける – Embellishing a Story)
Ohire wo Tsukeru 尾ひれを付ける Some people embellish a story using something that’s not true. 何かを話すとき、事実でないことを交えて大げさに言う人がいます。 Such an act is called
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