"木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_text": "Attestable to at least 1881, when this expression was used in a kabuki play by Kawatake Mokuami.\nLiterally “the mummy-taker becomes the mummy.”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "木乃伊取",
          "ミイラと"
        ],
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mīra-tori ga mīra ni naru",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ミイラ-とり が ミイラ に なる",
        "head": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる"
      },
      "expansion": "木乃伊取(ミイラと)りが木乃伊(ミイラ)になる • (mīra-tori ga mīra ni naru)",
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the searcher becomes the searched"
      ],
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        [
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          "searcher"
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        [
          "become",
          "become"
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          "searched",
          "searched"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the preacher becomes the converted"
      ],
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        "(by extension) the preacher becomes the converted"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "roman": "mīra-tori ga mīra ni, shortened form",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ],
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊に"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kawatake Mokuami"
  ],
  "word": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる"
}

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    "Japanese terms with 7 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
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    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "Attestable to at least 1881, when this expression was used in a kabuki play by Kawatake Mokuami.\nLiterally “the mummy-taker becomes the mummy.”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "木乃伊取",
          "ミイラと"
        ],
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mīra-tori ga mīra ni naru",
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "木乃伊取(ミイラと)りが木乃伊(ミイラ)になる • (mīra-tori ga mīra ni naru)",
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    {
      "roman": "mīra-tori ga mīra ni, shortened form",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ],
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "木乃伊",
          "ミイラ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "木乃伊取りが木乃伊に"
    }
  ],
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    "Kawatake Mokuami"
  ],
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}

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