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トカゲのしっぽきり
Meanings
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
Alt. forms
トカゲの
尻尾
しっぽ
切
き
り
81%
蜥蜴
とかげ
の
尻尾
しっぽ
切
き
り
11%
とかげの
尻尾
しっぽ
切
き
り
7%
トカゲのしっぽきり
Composed of
トカゲ
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
しっぽ
tail (animal); tail end; tip
きり
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)