雁がん首くびをそろえる

expression, ichidan verb

sit silently and submissively at a meeting

Derogatory expression describing people who attend a meeting but say nothing, merely nodding along. Literally 'to line up goose necks', evoking a row of silent, bobbing heads.

See also: 雁首揃える

• 会かい議ぎではみんな雁がん首くびをそろえて、誰だれも意い見けんを言いわなかった。

  At the meeting, everyone just sat there silently and nobody voiced an opinion.