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を折る

to break; to fold; to take pains or make an effort

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phrase Common #5,496
to break; to fold; to take pains or make an effort Used with bones or body parts to mean “to break,” and with objects such as paper to mean “to fold.” In expressions such as 骨を折る, it can also mean “to take pains” or “to make an effort.”
JA: 無駄骨を折るだけだ。
EN: It will only be a wasted effort.

敵の骨を折る

Break the enemy’s bones.

— バジュランギおじさんと、小さな迷子 (2015)

肋骨を折るぞ

I’ll break your ribs.

— どん底作家の人生に幸あれ! (2019)

無駄骨を折るだけだ。

It’ll only be a waste of effort.

木を折るな。

Don't break the tree.

菊千代よせと言ったら足を折ると与平が泣くぞ

Kikuchiyo, stop it, or Yohei will cry that you’re going to break his leg.

— 七人の侍 (1954)

今度やったら足を折るからな！

If you do that again, I'll break your legs!

— ブエノスアイレス (1997)

消えないと脚を折るぞ

If you don't disappear, I'll break your legs.

— ANORA アノーラ (2024)

彼は、しばしば、無駄骨を折る。

He often goes to a lot of trouble for nothing.

敵の骨を折るバジュラング・バリ

Bajrang Bali breaking the enemy’s bones

— バジュランギおじさんと、小さな迷子 (2015)

枝を折るな。

Don't break the branches.