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真綿で首を絞める； 真綿で首を締める
【 まわたでくびをしめる 】
1. [exp,v1] [id]
▶ to torment by slow degrees
▶ to torture slowly
▶ to drag things out
▶ to reproach in a roundabout way
▶ [lit] to strangle with floss silk

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2021-07-03 21:33:02  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijs, koj, prog, chujiten
真綿で首を絞める	3681
真綿で首を締める	586
  Diff: 
@@ -15,0 +16,3 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to torment by slow degrees</gloss>
+<gloss>to torture slowly</gloss>
@@ -17,2 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>to creep up slowly on the point</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope)</gloss>
+<gloss>to reproach in a roundabout way</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to strangle with floss silk</gloss>
3. A* 2021-07-02 07:35:07  solo_han
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>真綿で首を締める</keb>
2. A 2010-08-13 11:57:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2010-08-11 13:23:50  Paul Blay <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
スーパー大辞林

http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1416672259

真綿で首を絞めるような言い方をしないで、お願いだから、もっとはっきり言ってくれない。
Stop trying to make us follow all these subtle clues. I wish you would say what you want to say more clearly.

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