ひさしをかしておもやをとられる【ひさしを貸して母屋を取られる】
- 1〔一部を貸して全部取られる〕offer to lend a coat and be robbed of even the clothes one is wearing
- 2〔善意に付け込まれる〕have one's kindness taken advantage of;((諺)) Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
- 3〔恩をあだで返される〕be bitten by the mouth that accepted one's charity; be returned evil for good