じゅうばこのすみをつつく – Vocabulary details

じゅうばこのすみをつつく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

Idiomatic

1. to nitpick; to complain about trifles

jūbako; multi-tiered food box

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

じゅうばこのすみをつつくようなことはやめて。

Stop your nitpicking.

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