expression, Ichidan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to beat a hasty retreat, to turn tail and run away, to take to one's heels.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
 
尻に帆をかける しりにほをかける
 
 
 
 
尻に帆を掛ける しりにほをかける

Contained Kanji Breakdown

buttocks, hips, butt
しり コウ がみ (Late High School)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
sail
ほ ハン (Late Jr. High, N1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (Late High School)
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
ボン およ.そ ハン (Early Jr. High, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)