二兎を追う（にとをおう）

Japanese vocabulary

Meaning: to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time

Idioms & proverbs containing “二兎を追う”

• 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず (にとをおうものはいっとをもえず) — if you run after two hares you will catch neither

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