腕うで押おし

noun

pushing with one's arm

Most commonly appears in the idiom 暖簾に腕押し (のれんにうでおし), meaning a futile effort like pushing against a shop curtain. Rarely used outside this phrase.

See also: 暖簾に腕押し

• 「暖簾のれんに腕押うでおし」とは、手て応ごたえがなく張はり合あいがないことのたとえだ。

  "Noren ni udeoshi" is a metaphor for a futile effort with no resistance.

noun

arm wrestling

Synonym of 腕相撲 (うでずもう). Used in some regions or older texts; 腕相撲 is more common in modern Japanese.

See also: 腕相撲

• 昔むかしは「腕うで押おし」と言いえば腕うで相撲ずもうのことだった。

  In the past, "udeoshi" meant arm wrestling.