- to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's moneyidiomatic expressionsee also 他人のふんどしで相撲を取る【たにんのふんどしですもうをとる】
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'ru' ending
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- to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money
This expression is used to describe a situation where one person benefits or gains advantages by taking advantage of someone else's resources or efforts, often implying unfairness or exploitation.
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ひとのふんどしですもうをとる人のふんどしで相撲を取るto profit at someone else's expenseたにんのふんどしですもうをとる他人のふんどしで相撲を取るto take risks with other people's resourcesしょうばい商売でひとのふんどしですもうをとる人のふんどしで相撲を取るto profit from someone else’s effort in businessむだ無駄にひとのふんどしですもうをとる人のふんどしで相撲を取るto unnecessarily take advantage of others' resourcesふんどしをかりて借りてすもうをとる相撲を取るto wrestle using someone else's supportよいこと良いことをしてひとのふんどしですもうをとる人のふんどしで相撲を取るto do good deeds while benefiting from others' effortsひと人のふんどしをかりる借りるto borrow from someone else's effortsふんどしごし越しのすもう相撲to engage in endeavors using others' resourcesせきにん責任をもた持たずにひとのふんどしですもうをとる人のふんどしで相撲を取るto take risks without bearing responsibility using others' means
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