Idioms and proverbs / Level 2 / Four-character idiom
こうとうむけい
kōtōmukei
Meaning
Absurd and groundless.
In use
荒唐無稽な計画だ。
自縄自縛
じじょうじばく
Caught in one's own net.
傲岸不遜
ごうがんふそん
Arrogant and insolent.
呉越同舟
ごえつどうしゅう
Enemies in the same boat.
唯唯諾諾
いいだくだく
Meekly complying with everything.
岡目八目
おかめはちもく
The onlooker sees most of the game.
支離滅裂
しりめつれつ
Incoherent and disjointed.