泥縄式

どろなわしき

Meanings

1. の-adjective, Noun last-minute; eleventh-hour See also: 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う (どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう).

Kanji

• 泥 mud. Read as どろ.
• 縄 rope. Read as なわ.
• 式 form. Read as シキ.

Example sentences

• それは泥縄式な考えだ。
  That's hindsight.
• いつものことですが、今回も泥縄式の勉強でした。
  This time, the same as always, I crammed at the last minute.

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