noun
comical pair; pair of buffoons
Refers to a duo of comical, bumbling travelers, originally from the Edo-period story Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige. Used figuratively for any pair of foolish or amusing companions.
あの二人はまるで弥次喜多のような珍道中を繰り広げた。
Those two went on a comical journey just like Yaji and Kita.
彼らはいつも失敗ばかりで、周りから弥次喜多コンビと呼ばれている。
They always mess up and are called the Yaji-Kita duo by everyone.
From the names of the two main characters, Yajirōbei (弥次郎兵衛) and Kitahachi (喜多八), in Jippensha Ikku's humorous Edo-period novel Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige.