My favorite proverb
I don't want to be all "cats are my bag," but I have yet another feline-related post to share today. My former boss Yoshi taught me this Japanese proverb which is positively precious:
Neko no hitai mitai
"Small as a cat's forehead."
"Small as a cat's forehead."
For example, you might walk into someone's 300-sq-ft apartment and say:
"Kono heya ha neko no hitai mitai desu."
"This apartment looks like a cat's forehead!"
"This apartment looks like a cat's forehead!"
To demonstrate the appropriacy (yes I know that's not a real word but it should be, dammit) of this proverb, check out this cat's forehead.
Tiny, right? Yeah.
Tiny, right? Yeah.
posted by Sandy @ 11:33 AM
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1 Comments:
I don't understand. Is someone's 300 square foot apartment small or large? I thought that would be normal, especially if it's one or two people. And I think that would be pretty big for a Japanese and thus not at all like a cat's forehead, unless they're being sarcastic, but are the Japanese sarcastic? Not ginsoakedgirl.
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