Tanoshii Japanese

見たこともないような数の虻が、私にまとわりついてきたのです。

More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.

結局は虻蜂とらずになってしまった。

If you try for too much, you'll end up with nothing at all.

そんなに欲をかいていると、虻蜂取らずになっちゃうよ。

Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.

その提案一石二鳥を狙ったものだろうけど、「虻蜂とらず」にならなければいいけどね。

That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.

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