隔靴掻痒、隔靴搔痒
かっかそうよう、かくかそうよう
kakkasouyou
JMdict entry #1206370
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
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Example sentences
もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。
motto tantou chokunyuu ni ixtsu te kure nai ka na 。 kakka souyou no kan naki ni shimo ara zu da yo 。
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?