御髭の塵を払う
おひげのちりをはらう
Also written お髭の塵を払う
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour (literally: to brush the dirt from a beard)
Kanji
- 御 honorific. Read as お.
- 髭 beard; mustache. Read as ひげ.
- 塵 dust; trash; garbage. Read as ちり.
- 払 pay. Read as はらう.