[つのをためてうしをころす, tsunowotameteushiwokorosu](exp, v5s) to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a camel and swallow a gnat; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point[Add to Longdo]
[だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす, dainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorosu](exp) (id) sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one[Add to Longdo]