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蜥蜴の尻尾切り

Literally, “cutting lizard's tail”, 蜥蜴(トカゲ) (tokage, “lizard”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 尻尾(しっぽ) (shippo, “tail”) + 切(き)り (kiri, “cut”). In the...

とかげのしっぽきり

【蜥蜴の尻尾切り】 [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;...

buck-passing

Italian: scaricabarile (it) m, rimpallo di responsabilità m Japanese: 蜥蜴の尻尾切り (ja) (tokage no shippo giri), 盥回し (ja) (tarai mawashi), 責任転嫁 (ja) (sekinintenka)...

トカゲの尻尾切り

For pronunciation and definitions of トカゲの尻尾切り – see the following entry. (This term, トカゲの尻尾切り, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)...

蜥蝪の尻尾切り

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜥蝪の尻尾切り – see the following entry. (This term, 蜥蝪の尻尾切り, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)...

pass the buck

Italian: fare a scaricabarile (literally “to play barrel-dumping”) Japanese: 蜥蜴の尻尾切りにする (tokage no shippo giri, literally “to play the lizard's tail cut”),...

トカゲのしっぽ切り

a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to a subordinate; making an underling carry the can Alternative spellings トカゲの尻尾切り, 蜥蝪の尻尾切り, とかげのしっぽぎり...

とかげのしっぽぎり

【蜥蜴とかげの尻尾切しっぽきり】 [noun] (literally) the behavior of some lizards to drop their tail in order to escape a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to...