プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
わき【脇】
❶〔腕の付け根の下〕the [one's] side ⇒わきのした（脇の下）
右脇が痛い
I have a pain in my right side.
本を数冊脇に抱えていた
I had [was carrying] several books under my arm.
ブラウスの脇がほころびた
One of the side seams in the blouse has come apart.
❷〔すぐそば〕
彼は妻の脇に立っていた
He was standing 「beside his wife [at his wife's side].
彼はすぐ脇にやって来た
He came up close to me.
門の脇を通って行った
We passed by the gate.
彼は脇から口を出した
He put in a word.
❸〔横の邪魔にならない所〕
彼らはそれを脇へ持って行った
They carried [moved] it 「out of the way [to one side].
脇へどきなさい
Move aside.／Get out of the way.
その話は今は脇へ置いておこう
Let's put that matter aside for the moment.
❹〔別の方向〕
脇を向く
look [turn] away
話が脇にそれてしまった
We've gotten [《英》 got] off 「the subject [track].／We have wandered [digressed [diɡrést]/strayed] from the main subject.
❺〔能楽の〕 ⇒ワキ
脇が甘い
あの力士は脇が甘い
That sumo wrestler is not good at preventing his opponents from getting an underarm grip on him.