尻拭い

しりぬぐい【尻拭い】

¶彼の失敗の～をする

reap the harvest of his mistakes.

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しりぬぐい【尻拭い】

cleaning up sb's mess.

●尻拭い(を)する clean up [clear away] sb's mess; bear the consequences of [pay for] sb's error [failure]; (借金の) pay sb's debt

・上司の失敗の尻拭いをする clean up the mess after [pay for] a boss's mistake

・政府の見込み違いの尻拭いを国民の税金でやる use people's tax money to clear away the results of governmental miscalculation.

●お前の尻拭いはもうごめんだ. I'm not going to pay for your debts anymore.

・兄の借金[不始末]の尻拭いはいつも僕の役目だった. Paying off my older brother's debts [Straightening out my older brother's messes] was always my job.