จับปลาสองมือ

Meaning: To chase two goals at once and risk losing both.

Language: Thai

Literally: To catch fish with both hands

Category: Animals

Origin: Grabbing a fish in each hand, you fumble your grip and both slither away — a Thai warning against greed.

More idioms — Animals

• Cõng rắn cắn gà nhà — To bring in an outsider who harms your own people.
• Jakkals trou met wolf se vrou — A sunshower — rain while the sun shines.
• Koeitjies en kalfies — Idle small talk.
• Bobbejaan agter die bult — To worry about troubles that may never come.
• Мува без главе — To rush about chaotically and without direction.
• Гладна мечка хоро не играе — Nothing gets done on an empty stomach.

More Thai idioms

• ตำน้ำพริกละลายแม่น้ำ — To squander resources for nothing.
• ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน — To use enormous means for a trivial result.
• น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก — Seize an opportunity while it lasts.
• ชักแม่น้ำทั้งห้า — To give a long-winded, roundabout justification before getting to the point.

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