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俎板に釘打つよう(manaita ni kugi utsu yō): “like pounding nails into a cutting board” → to care about things that don't matter, from the sense that a cutting board is a single piece of wood and does not need nailing
まな板に載せる(manaita ni noseru): “to put on the cutting board” → to make something or someone the topic of conversation, often implying criticism
俎板の上に餌を拾う鳥(manaita no ue ni esa o hirō tori): “a bird picking up food from a cutting board” → a metaphor for doing something while being oblivious of the danger
俎板を机(manaita o tsukue): “ a cutting board as a desk” → to use something for an inappropriatepurpose
References
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
