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猿猴月を取る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 猿猴月を取る.
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Idiomatic expression
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)
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