にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん – see the following entry.
鶏を割くになんぞ牛刀を用いん
[proverb] something big is not necessary to handle small problems
(This term, にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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