Literally, “cutting lizard's tail”, <span class="searchmatch">蜥蜴</span>(トカゲ) (tokage, “lizard”) + <span class="searchmatch">の</span> (no, possessive particle) + <span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span>(しっぽ) (shippo, “tail”) + 切(き)り (kiri, “cut”). In the...
【<span class="searchmatch">蜥蜴</span><span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>】 [noun] (literally) the behavior of some lizards to drop their tail in order to escape a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to a subordinate;...
Italian: scaricabarile (it) m, rimpallo di responsabilità m Japanese: <span class="searchmatch">蜥蜴</span><span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span> (ja) (tokage no shippo giri), 盥回し (ja) (tarai mawashi), 責任転嫁 (ja) (sekinintenka)...
For pronunciation and definitions of トカゲ<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span> – see the following entry. (This term, トカゲ<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)...
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜥蝪<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span> – see the following entry. (This term, 蜥蝪<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)...
Italian: fare a scaricabarile (literally “to play barrel-dumping”) Japanese: <span class="searchmatch">蜥蜴</span><span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>にする (tokage no shippo giri, literally “to play the lizard's tail cut”),...
a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to a subordinate; making an underling carry the can Alternative spellings トカゲ<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>, 蜥蝪<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span><span class="searchmatch">切り</span>, とかげ<span class="searchmatch">の</span>しっぽぎり...
【<span class="searchmatch">蜥蜴</span>とかげ<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">尻尾</span>切しっぽきり】 [noun] (literally) the behavior of some lizards to drop their tail in order to escape a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to...