虻
虻
gadfly, horsefly
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Dictionary
Common Words
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horsefly; gadfly
Examples
見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。
More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.
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Idiomatic expression
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
Examples
そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。
Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
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