縄なわ目めの恥はじ

expression, noun

disgrace of being captured and bound as a criminal

Dated expression referring to the shame of being arrested and tied up with rope, evoking historical or period contexts. Not used in modern everyday speech.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、罪ざい人にんが縄なわ目めの恥はじを受うける場ば面めんがよく描えがかれる。

  In period dramas, scenes where criminals suffer the disgrace of being bound are often depicted.