人の褌で相撲を取る

ひとのふんどしですもうをとる

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money (literally: to wrestle sumo in someone else's loincloth) See also: 他人の褌で相撲を取る (たにんのふんどしですもうをとる).

Kanji

• 人 person. Read as ひと.
• 褌 loincloth. Read as ふんどし.
• 相 mutual
• 撲 pummel
• 取 take. Read as とる.

Word lists

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