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尻拭い；尻ぬぐい
【しりぬぐい】

[n]
▶ cleaning up someone else's mess
▶ making up for someone else's mistake

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2854988 ケツを拭く【ケツをふく】 2. to clean up the mess (after something going wrong); to carry the can

[n]
《literal meaning》
▶ ass-wiping
▶ arse-wiping

History:

12.	A 2022-06-16 02:17:07 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK. I'll put it back.
	Diff:	@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@ -<gloss>cleaning up the mess (after something going wrong)</gloss> -<gloss>carrying the can</gloss> +<gloss>cleaning up someone else's mess</gloss> +<gloss>making up for someone else's mistake</gloss>
11.	A* 2022-06-15 22:14:47 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs: 他人の失敗などの後始末をすること。「子供の借金の―をする」
	Comments:	All the kokugos define it the same way. I don't think this is an improvement.
10.	A 2022-06-15 12:17:05 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Aligning.
	Diff:	@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@ -<gloss>cleaning up someone else's mess</gloss> -<gloss>making up for someone else's mistake</gloss> +<gloss>cleaning up the mess (after something going wrong)</gloss> +<gloss>carrying the can</gloss>
9.	A 2022-06-11 11:49:39 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8.	A* 2022-06-11 10:48:57 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	prog https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-carry-the-can
	Comments:	"carrying the can" means taking the blame. I don't think it's a good fit for 尻拭い.
	Diff:	@@ -16 +16 @@ -<gloss>carrying the can</gloss> +<gloss>making up for someone else's mistake</gloss>
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7.	A 2022-06-10 05:45:26 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2022-06-09 14:25:49 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	only vs in daijs but even their example is をする「子供の借金の―をする」尻拭い 62449 88.5% 尻拭いし 3649 5.2% 尻拭いをし 4476 6.3%
	Diff:	@@ -15,2 +14,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> -<misc>&id;</misc> @@ -22 +19,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos>
5.	A 2021-11-19 10:46:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Converting somebody to someone -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss>cleaning up somebody else's mess</gloss> +<gloss>cleaning up someone else's mess</gloss>
4.	A 2018-11-21 21:43:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	For those of us who don't wipe donkeys.
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<gloss>arse-wiping</gloss>
3.	A* 2018-11-21 11:26:36 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij eij gg5
	Diff:	@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ -<gloss>cleaning up or covering for another</gloss> -<gloss>bearing the consequences of someone else's error</gloss> -<gloss>paying a debt for someone</gloss> -<gloss g_type="lit">wiping another's buttocks</gloss> +<misc>&id;</misc> +<gloss>cleaning up somebody else's mess</gloss> +<gloss>carrying the can</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<s_inf>literal meaning</s_inf> +<gloss>ass-wiping</gloss>
2.	A 2012-06-30 07:35:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2012-06-26 12:56:40 Marcus
	Diff:	@@ -16,1 +16,1 @@ -<gloss>cleaning up or covering for another (lit: wiping another's buttocks)</gloss> +<gloss>cleaning up or covering for another</gloss> @@ -19,0 +19,1 @@ +<gloss g_type="lit">wiping another's buttocks</gloss>

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