- 肘鉄砲
- ひじでっぽう【肘鉄砲】¶ → 肘鉄砲をくう¶ → 肘鉄砲をくらわす* * *ひじでっぽう【肘鉄砲】a setdown; a rebuff.
●肘鉄砲を食う be rejected; suffer [meet with] a rebuff; get a snub; get snubbed; 〔振られる〕 be turned down; 《口》 get the mitten; be kicked
・肘鉄砲を食わせる[食らわせる] refuse; reject; rebuff; snub; give [show] sb the cold shoulder; give sb a rebuff [setdown]; 〔振る〕 reject [turn down] 《a suitor》; 《口》 give 《a suitor》 the mitten; kick 《sb's proposal》.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.