テントウ – Vocabulary details

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

シュキャクテントウ

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

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そのレースでは３さん人にんもてんとうした。

No less than 3 men fell in that race.

彼かれはスキーをしていて急きゅう斜しゃ面めんでてんとうした。

He tumbled on a steep slope while skiing.

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