蜘蛛くもの子こを散ちらす

expression, godan verb (-su)

scatter in all directions

Idiomatic expression likening a crowd's sudden dispersal to baby spiders scattering. Often used for people fleeing or dispersing quickly.

• 警けい察さつが来くると、野や次じ馬うまは蜘蛛くもの子こを散ちらすように逃にげていった。

  When the police arrived, the onlookers scattered in all directions like baby spiders.

• 突とつ然ぜんの雨あめで、公こう園えんにいた人ひとたちが蜘蛛くもの子こを散ちらすように帰かえり始はじめた。

  With the sudden rain, the people in the park began to scatter home like baby spiders.