木に竹を接ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	竹	接
き Grade: 1	たけ Grade: 1	つ Grade: 5

Proverb

木(き)に竹(たけ)を接(つ)ぐ • (ki ni take o tsugu) 

1. to graft a bamboo on a tree; to make the situation absurd
   • 2016 March 11, Hirokazu Kore-eda, “「歴史修正主義」に抗するために”, in KOREEDA.COM‎^[1] (blog):

     木に竹を接ぐように、水に油を一緒にしたような変更は、「常識では考えられない」と。

     ki ni take o tsugu yō ni, mizu ni abura o isshō ni shita yō na henkō wa, "jōshiki de wa kangaerarenai" to

     [He said] that common sense would not think of changes such as grafting bamboo to a tree, or adding oil to water.