Word Meaning 庇を貸して母屋を取られる

ひさしをかしておもやをとられる hisashi o kashiteomoya o torareru

庇を貸して母屋を取られる is read as ひさしをかしておもやをとられる (hisashi o kashiteomoya o torareru) and means to have a favor returned with spite.

Meaning

English

  1. to have a favor returned with spite
  2. to have one's kindness taken advantage of
  3. give him an inch and he'll take a mile
  4. to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken

Reading

Kana

ひさしをかしておもやをとられる

Romaji

hisashi o kashiteomoya o torareru

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 152568 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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母屋

おもや

central room (of a house)

入母屋造り

いりもやづくり

building with a gabled, hipped roof

買取屋

かいとりや

trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

入母屋

いりもや

gabled, hipped roof

裏貸屋

うらがしや

house in back for rent

母屋

もや

central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

貸本屋

かしほんや

rental library

庇う

かばう

to protect (someone)

庇護

ひご

patronage

取る

とる

to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.)