角つのを矯ためて牛うしを殺ころす

expression, godan verb (-su)

to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point

Proverb criticizing excessive attention to minor flaws that ruins the whole. Literally 'to straighten the horns and kill the cow'.

• 細こまかいミスを直なおそうとして全ぜん体たいを台だい無なしにするのは、角つのを矯ためて牛うしを殺ころすようなものだ。

  Trying to fix a small mistake and ruining the whole thing is like straightening the horns and killing the cow.