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狐(きつね)に小豆飯(あずきめし)

きつねにあずきめしkitsuneniazukimeshi

Rare or specialisedExpression

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  1. expression

    trusting a cat with milk; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox

    idiomatic expressionrare term

    See also: 猫(ねこ)に鰹(かつお)節(ぶし)

    不(ふ)正(せい)を繰(く)り返(かえ)す可(か)能(のう)性(せい)のある人(じん)物(ぶつ)に秘(ひ)密(みつ)の鍵(かぎ)を預(あづ)けるのは、まさに狐(きつね)に小豆飯(あずきめし)だ。

    • Entrusting a secret key to someone who is likely to commit fraud repeatedly is like giving red bean rice to a fox.

    経(けい)理(り)担(たん)当(とう)の者(もの)が、会(かい)社(しゃ)の資(し)金(きん)管(かん)理(り)を任(まか)せているのはまるで狐(きつね)に小豆飯(あずきめし)を与(あた)えるようなものだと職(しょく)員(いん)は囁(ささや)き合(あ)った。

    • The staff whispered among themselves that entrusting the company's fund management to the person in charge of accounting was like feeding red bean rice to a fox.

Example sentences 2

不(ふ)正(せい)を繰(く)り返(かえ)す可(か)能(のう)性(せい)のある人(じん)物(ぶつ)に秘(ひ)密(みつ)の鍵(かぎ)を預(あづ)けるのは、まさに狐(きつね)に小豆飯(あずきめし)だ。

  • Entrusting a secret key to someone who is likely to commit fraud repeatedly is like giving red bean rice to a fox.

経(けい)理(り)担(たん)当(とう)の者(もの)が、会(かい)社(しゃ)の資(し)金(きん)管(かん)理(り)を任(まか)せているのはまるで狐(きつね)に小豆飯(あずきめし)を与(あた)えるようなものだと職(しょく)員(いん)は囁(ささや)き合(あ)った。

  • The staff whispered among themselves that entrusting the company's fund management to the person in charge of accounting was like feeding red bean rice to a fox.

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