腫はれ物ものに触さわるよう

expression, na-adjective

walking on eggshells; treating with extreme care

Describes treating someone or something very delicately, as if touching a swollen boil, to avoid causing pain or trouble. Often used with 扱う or 接する.

• 彼かれは怒おこりっぽいから、腫はれ物ものに触さわるように接せっしている。

  He's quick to anger, so I treat him like he's made of glass.

• 上じょう司しの機き嫌げんが悪わるいので、今日きょうは腫はれ物ものに触さわるような態たい度どで話はなしかけた。

  The boss is in a bad mood, so I approached him today as if walking on eggshells.