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    3. ミイラ取りがミイラになる

    ミイラ取りがミイラになる

    ミ​イ​ラ​取とり​が​ミ​イ​ラ​に​な​る​

    intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab37 strokes

    木乃伊取りが木乃伊になる

    ミイラとりがミイラになる

    Expressions

    1.
    intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself, going for wool and coming home shorn, the biter bit, the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    ミ
    mi
    Kana
    イ
    i
    Kana
    ラ
    ra
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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