雨あめ露つゆをしのぐ

expression, godan verb (-gu)

protect against the elements; shelter from the weather

Idiomatic expression meaning to find shelter from rain and dew, i.e., to protect oneself from bad weather. Often used in contexts of having a roof over one's head.

• この小こ屋やで雨あめ露つゆをしのぐことができる。

  We can shelter from the weather in this hut.

• 彼かれらは洞どう窟くつで雨あめ露つゆをしのいだ。

  They took shelter from the elements in a cave.