駑馬に鞭打つ
どばにむちうつ
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb to work hard; to keep one's nose to the grindstone (literally: to whip a jaded horse)
- to make someone do what is beyond their ability (orig. meaning)
Kanji
- 駑 slow horse; foolish fellow. Read as ド.
- 馬 horse
- 鞭 whip; rod; counter for whippings. Read as むちうつ.
- 打 hit. Read as うつ.