プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
しゃくし【×杓子】
〔しゃもじ〕a ladle; 〔木製の〕a wooden ladle
- 猫も杓子も
- 猫も杓子もこの節は海外旅行をする
「Everybody and his brother [Every Tom, Dick, and Harry] travels abroad these days. (▼動詞は単数形)
杓子定規｜〔形式主義〕formalism; 〔官僚主義〕bureaucratic procedures [rigidity]
- 彼はいつも杓子定規だ
He always 「sticks to the rules [goes by the book].／He is a stickler for rules and regulations. - 君はそんな杓子定規な考え方しかできないのか
Can't you think more flexibly?