針ほどのことを棒ほどにいうのはどうかと思います。

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ほど こと ほど いう どう 思います

English Translation

I don't think people should make a mountain of a mole hill.

Furigana

(はり)ほどのことを(ぼう)ほどにいうのはどうかと(おも)います。

Romanji

Hari hodo no koto o bō hodo ni iu no wa dō ka to omoimasu.

Words

(はり、ち)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer; staple (for a stapler); needlework; sewing; malice; counter for stitches
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
(ぼう)
pole; rod; stick
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at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
結う (ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
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indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
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if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

Readings: シン、 はり
Meanings: needle, pin, staple, stinger
Reading: ボウ
Meanings: rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think