タイ[鯛] bream　(複 〜, ［種類］〜s) [C]タイ類の魚 エビで鯛を釣る 《ことわざ》a sprat to catch a mackerel/腐っても鯛 《ことわざ》A diamond in a dunghill is still a diamond.

たい〔鯛〕 〈名〉The sea-bream ◆海老で鯛を釣る　to throw a sprat to catch a whale ◆腐っても鯛　He is none the less a samurai―none the less a gentleman―none the worse for his age―“It is not in gold to be oxydized.”