とかげのしっぽきり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とかげのしっぽきり – see the following entry.
【蜥蜴の尻尾切り】
[noun] (literally) the behavior of some lizards to drop their tail in order to escape a predator
[noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to a subordinate; making an underling carry the can
(This term, とかげのしっぽきり (tokagenoshippokiri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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