猿猴月を取る
えんこうつきをとる
- to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) exp v5r id
Kanji
猿
エン
さる
monkey
月
ゲツ • ガツ
つき
month; moon
取
シュ
と.る • と.り • と.り- • とり • -ど.り
take; fetch; take up
Synonyms
猿猴捉月
えんこうそくげつ
- trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) n yoji