Results, bull's-eye
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- 薪を抱いて火を救う【たきぎをいだいてひをすくう】
expression:
- having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom
- 逆鱗に触れる【げきりんにふれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
- to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor - orig. meaning
- 裸単騎【はだかたんき】
noun:
- waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】
- 心の欲する所に従えども矩を踰えず【こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえず】
expression:
- following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb
- かき込む【かきこむ】掻き込む・掻きこむ Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
- to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む
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