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二足のわらじを履く； 二足の草鞋を履く； 二足のわらじをはく [sK] ； 二束のわらじを履く [sK] ； 二束の草鞋を履く [sK] ； 二足の草鞋をはく [sK]
【 にそくのわらじをはく 】
1. [exp,v5k] [id]
▶ to be engaged in two trades at the same time
▶ to have two irons in the fire
▶ [lit] to wear two pairs of straw sandals
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1462640 二足のわらじ【にそくのわらじ】 1. being engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats; having two irons in the fire; two pairs of straw sandals

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2023-03-03 19:57:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2023-03-03 11:15:06  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -34,0 +35 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to wear two pairs of straw sandals</gloss>
4. A 2023-03-02 03:11:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2023-03-01 15:46:02  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
〈二足／二束／にそく〉の〈草鞋／わらじ〉を〈履／は〉く

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 二足のわらじを履く　 │ 3,940 │ 59.6% │
│ 二足の草鞋を履く　　 │   925 │ 14.0% │
│ 二足のわらじをはく　 │   720 │ 10.9% │ - sK
│ 二束のわらじを履く　 │   516 │  7.8% │ - add
│ 二束の草鞋を履く　　 │   211 │  3.2% │ - add
│ 二足の草鞋をはく　　 │   130 │  2.0% │ - sK
│ 二束のわらじをはく　 │   112 │  1.7% │
│ 二束の草鞋をはく　　 │    25 │  0.4% │
│ にそくのわらじをはく │    31 │  0.5% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12,9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>二束のわらじを履く</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>二束の草鞋を履く</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +24 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20,0 +31 @@
+<pos>&v5k;</pos>
2. A 2018-12-10 07:21:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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