Re: Idioms (was Website update)

Thanks, Tom and Chris

Paul Bennett wrote:
> My favourite ever idiomatic expresion is Burmese, roughly "to put
> legs on a snake", ie to exagerate a claim or story to such a degree
> that it becomes unbelievable, almost like "making a mountain out
> of a molehill".
Interesting! Two Kanji characters of "Snake-leg" which directly show "to
put legs on a snake" in Japanese means to make an unnecessary addition,
like "to put a fifth wheel to the coach":)   Yoshiko
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