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
Meanings
- 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: 人の褌で相撲を取る (ひとのふんどしですもうをとる).
Kanji
- 他 other. Read as タ.
- 人 person. Read as ニン.
- 褌 loincloth. Read as ふんどし.
- 相 mutual
- 撲 pummel
- 取 take. Read as とる.