◆小の虫を殺して、大の虫を助ける Shou no mushi wo koroshite, dai no mushi wo tasukeru.
- 解釈：小さな事を犠牲にして、大事を成し遂げるたとえ。
- Literal：The insect of smallness is killed and an adult insect is helped.
- Interpretation：It is finishing a serious happening at the sacrifice of a small thing. It is omitting a part in order to employ the whole efficiently.
- 類義：一殺多生（いっさつたしょう）。大事の前の小事。大の虫を活かして、小の虫を殺す。