とかげの尻尾切り – Vocabulary details

とかげの尻尾しっぽ切きり

Expression

Idiomatic

1. evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

butt

tail

cut

lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

tail (animal); tail end; tip

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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