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爪の垢を煎じて飲む
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 爪の垢を煎じて飲む.
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Idiomatic expression
to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example); to learn from someone's example; to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
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