鼻毛を読む

はなげをよむ

to lead (a man) around by the nose

幸福を求めて

こうふくをもとめて

in search (pursuit) of happiness

木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)

舟に刻して剣を求む

ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing

舟に刻みて剣を求む

ふねにきざみてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing

木に縁りて魚を求む

きによりてうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree

求む

もとむ

to want, to wish for

新風を吹き込む

しんぷうをふきこむ

to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

ホラを吹く

ホラをふく

to boast; to brag

潮を吹く

しおをふく

to spout (of a whale); to blow (water and air from a blowhole)

貝を吹く

かいをふく

to blow a conch, to blow a trumpet shell, to blow the war horn

火を吹く

ひをふく

to burst into flames

活を求める

かつをもとめる

to try to find a way out

比を求める

ひをもとめる

to obtain the ratio

値を求める

あたいをもとめる

evaluate

隴を得て蜀を望む

ろうをえてしょくをのぞむ

never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more, give someone an inch and they will take a mile, taking Gansu only to want Sichuan

毛里求斯

モーリシャス マウリチウス

Mauritius

シュートを吹かす

シュートをふかす

to shoot too high (in soccer); to blast the ball over the bar

口笛を吹く

くちぶえをふく くちふえをふく

to whistle