とかげのしっぽぎり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とかげのしっぽぎり – see the following entry.

【蜥蜴とかげの尻尾切しっぽきり】 [noun] (literally) the behavior of some lizards to drop their tail in order to escape a predator [noun] (idiomatic) passing the buck to a subordinate; making a underling carry the can Alternative spellings トカゲの尻尾切り, トカゲのしっぽ切り, 蜥蝪の尻尾切り

(This term, とかげのしっぽぎり (tokagenoshippogiri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)