"ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน" meaning in Thai

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "ขี่",
        "3": "ช้าง",
        "4": "จับ",
        "5": "ตั๊กแตน"
      },
      "expansion": "ขี่ (kìi) + ช้าง (cháang) + จับ (jàp) + ตั๊กแตน (dták-gà-dtɛɛn)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ขี่ (kìi) + ช้าง (cháang) + จับ (jàp) + ตั๊กแตน (dták-gà-dtɛɛn), literally \"Ride an elephant to catch a grasshopper\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kìi-cháang-jàp-dták-gà-dtɛɛn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน • (kìi-cháang-jàp-dták-gà-dtɛɛn)",
      "name": "th-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a high amount of effort to carry out a little work; to do something with more force than is necessary."
      ],
      "id": "en-ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน-th-verb-G6lUTzwc",
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To use a high amount of effort to carry out a little work; to do something with more force than is necessary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiː˨˩.t͡ɕʰaːŋ˦˥.t͡ɕap̚˨˩.tak̚˦˥.ka˨˩.tɛːn˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "ขี่",
        "3": "ช้าง",
        "4": "จับ",
        "5": "ตั๊กแตน"
      },
      "expansion": "ขี่ (kìi) + ช้าง (cháang) + จับ (jàp) + ตั๊กแตน (dták-gà-dtɛɛn)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ขี่ (kìi) + ช้าง (cháang) + จับ (jàp) + ตั๊กแตน (dták-gà-dtɛɛn), literally \"Ride an elephant to catch a grasshopper\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kìi-cháang-jàp-dták-gà-dtɛɛn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน • (kìi-cháang-jàp-dták-gà-dtɛɛn)",
      "name": "th-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Thai",
  "lang_code": "th",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Thai/ɛːn",
        "Thai 6-syllable words",
        "Thai compound terms",
        "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
        "Thai idioms",
        "Thai lemmas",
        "Thai terms spelled with ◌๊",
        "Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
        "Thai verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a high amount of effort to carry out a little work; to do something with more force than is necessary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To use a high amount of effort to carry out a little work; to do something with more force than is necessary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiː˨˩.t͡ɕʰaːŋ˦˥.t͡ɕap̚˨˩.tak̚˦˥.ka˨˩.tɛːn˧/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน"
}