暖簾に腕押し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暖	簾	腕	押
のん > の Grade: 6	れん Jinmeiyō	うで Grade: S	お Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

暖簾 (“curtain”) +‎ に +‎ 腕 (“arm”) +‎ 押し (“pushing”), literally “pushing a curtain with one's arm”

Idiom

暖(の)簾(れん)に腕(うで)押(お)し • (noren ni udeoshi) 

1. having no effect

See also

• 糠に釘
• 豆腐に鎹