to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)
つめの垢を煎じて飲む爪のあかを煎じて飲む
つめのあかをせんじてのむ
Verb
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to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example), to learn from someone's example, to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
idiomatic expression
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