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をいい事にを良い事に
をいいことにをよいことに [sk]
1. [exp] [uk]
▶ taking advantage of ...
▶ using ... as an excuse



History:
4. A 2023-11-03 01:23:16  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog
  Comments:
I don't think the note is helpful. It's just a nominalizing の.
  Diff:
@@ -20,3 +20,2 @@
-<s_inf>usu. の〜</s_inf>
-<gloss>taking advantage of...</gloss>
-<gloss>under the pretence of...</gloss>
+<gloss>taking advantage of ...</gloss>
+<gloss>using ... as an excuse</gloss>
3. A* 2023-10-31 11:25:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: -をいいことに 
●偶然の成功をいいことに彼らはまた同じ作戦に出た. Following up on [Flushed with] their accidental success, they embarked on the same strategy again.
のをいいことに	103290
をいいことに	174724
のをいい事に	17508
をいい事に	28300
を良い事に	15887
をよいことに	5123
を好い事に	186
5 Tanaka sentences
  Comments:
I think it's worth having. Moving the の to a note. I'll reindex the sentences if this gets agreement.
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>をいい事に</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>を良い事に</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -5 +11,5 @@
-<reb>のをいいことに</reb>
+<reb>をいいことに</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>をよいことに</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -9 +19,4 @@
-<gloss>to take advantage of...</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<s_inf>usu. の〜</s_inf>
+<gloss>taking advantage of...</gloss>
+<gloss>under the pretence of...</gloss>
2. A* 2023-10-31 03:00:23  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
We have a usage note describing this pattern in the entry for いい事
  Diff:
@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>のをいいことに</keb>
-</k_ele>
1. A* 2023-10-31 02:54:45  Marcus Aseth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/をいいことに-o-ii-koto-ni-meaning/
  Comments:
don't know if this should be like that or just いいことに , but I think it's a grammar pattern worth including in the dictionary.

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