"尺で鯛を釣る" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to catch a bream with an inchworm\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "尺で鯛を釣る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尺",
          "しゃく"
        ],
        [
          "鯛",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "釣",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaku de tai o tsuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
        "2": "しゃく で たい を つる"
      },
      "expansion": "尺(しゃく)で鯛(たい)を釣(つ)る • (shaku de tai o tsuru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 741:",
          "text": "Xacu. l, xacumuxi. シャク. または, しゃくむし (尺. または, 尺虫) 歩くときに身を縮めたりしながら進む一種の小虫. Xacude taiuo tçuru. (尺で鯛を釣る) 諺. この小虫で鯛を釣って取る人のように, 小さなもので大きなものを手に入れる.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "obtaining something large with something small"
      ],
      "id": "en-尺で鯛を釣る-ja-phrase-j4CG~8Uj",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "尺で鯛を釣る"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to catch a bream with an inchworm\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "尺で鯛を釣る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "尺",
          "しゃく"
        ],
        [
          "鯛",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "釣",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaku de tai o tsuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
        "2": "しゃく で たい を つる"
      },
      "expansion": "尺(しゃく)で鯛(たい)を釣(つ)る • (shaku de tai o tsuru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 741:",
          "text": "Xacu. l, xacumuxi. シャク. または, しゃくむし (尺. または, 尺虫) 歩くときに身を縮めたりしながら進む一種の小虫. Xacude taiuo tçuru. (尺で鯛を釣る) 諺. この小虫で鯛を釣って取る人のように, 小さなもので大きなものを手に入れる.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "obtaining something large with something small"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "尺で鯛を釣る"
}

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