- 庇
- ひさし【庇, 廂】eaves[通例複数扱い] (家の)軒, ひさし¶ → 庇のある (廂のある)* * *ひさし【庇】1 〔小屋根〕 eaves; (天蓋形の) a canopy.2 〔窓や扉の〕 an eave; a window roof; a pent roof.3 〔帽子の〕 a visor; a vizor; a peak.
●ひさしのついた帽子 a peaked [visored, vizored] cap.
4 〔庇髪〕 ⇒ひさしがみ.庇を貸して母屋を取られる have advantage taken of one's generosity [kindness]; give sb an inch and he'll take a mile.●子会社にひさしを貸して母屋を取られた格好の親会社 a corporation taken advantage of by its own subsidiary
・あのやり手を経営会議に加えてはひさしを貸して母屋を取られるようなことになりかねない. If we let that hotshot on the management committee, it's not unlikely that he'll take over everything.
・教え子が先生の研究をさらって受賞する―ひさしを貸して母屋を取られるとはこのことだ. The student purloined her professor's research and won the award―truly a case of biting the hand that feeds one.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.