金棒

金棒
かなぼう【金棒, 鉄棒】
metal [iron] rod
〖C〗.
¶それは鬼に~だ
It's a double advantage.
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かなぼう【金棒】
〔鉄の棒〕 an iron rod; a metal rod [bar]; (かなてこ) a crowbar; 〔鉄尖(かなさい)棒〕 a huge iron club; 〔夜警用の〕 an iron staff with some rings on top used traditionally by night watchmen, etc.

金棒を引く 〔うわさを触れ回る〕 spread gossip [rumors]; tell tales; go about [around] gossiping.

鬼に金棒おに.
金棒引き 〔夜警〕 a night watchman; 〔うわさを触れ回る人〕 a gossip; a talebearer; 《米》 a tattletale; a gossip-[rumor-, scandal-]monger.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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