| 隔靴掻痒 | [かっかそうよう, kakkasouyou] (n) being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch [Add to Longdo] |
| You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight? | もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。 |