暖簾に腕押し - Kiokun Dictionary

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Japanese

暖簾に腕押し、のれんに腕押しのれんにうでおし同音

exp. idiomatic not worth doing; waste of effort

Notes

Contains

nuǎn あたた.か 난

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance

flag-sign of a tavern

at (place, time)

pushing with one's arm

yā お.す 압