蜥蝪

とかげ【蜥蝪】

lizard

〖C〗〔動〕

My flesh crawls when I see a lizard. ＝The sight of a lizard makes my flesh ［skin］ crawl. 私はトカゲを見ると背筋がぞっとする.

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とかげ【蜥蝪】

【動】 a lizard.

●トカゲ皮の靴 《a pair of》 lizard shoes.

●トカゲのような lizard-like; saurian.

とかげのしっぽ切り a lizard's sacrifice of its tail in order to escape; 〔比喩的に〕 sacrificing a subordinate [having a subordinate carry the can] so that his superiors [the organization] can survive.

●政界のあいも変わらぬトカゲのしっぽ切りにはうんざりする. We're fed up with the politicians' long-standing practice of making their inferiors carry the can.

トカゲ亜目 Lacertilia.

トカゲ類 〔個体〕 a lacertilian; a lacertian; a saurian.