プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぬすびと【盗人】
花盗人
a stealer of cherry blossoms/a thief with a poetic turn of mind
盗人たけだけしい
まあなんと盗人たけだけしいんだろう
How brazen-faced [audacious] he is about his wrongdoing!
盗人に追銭
これじゃ盗人に追銭だ
This is (like) throwing good money after bad.
盗人にも三分の理
Even a thief has his reasons.
盗人を見て縄をなう
盗人を見て縄をなうとはこのことだ
It is like locking the stable door after the horse is stolen.