横よこ槌づちで庭にわを掃はく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

hurriedly prepare one's home for guests

Rare idiomatic expression. Literally 'to sweep the garden with a mallet', it describes a frantic, last-minute tidying up before visitors arrive. Used metaphorically, not for actual cleaning with a mallet.

• 急きゅうな来らい客きゃくに、まるで横よこ槌づちで庭にわを掃はくような慌あわてようだった。

  With the sudden visitor, it was a frantic rush, as if sweeping the garden with a mallet.