下げ衆すの勘かん繰ぐり

expression, noun

petty-minded suspicion; deliberately bad interpretation

Refers to the act of interpreting someone's actions in the worst possible light, driven by a mean-spirited or suspicious mindset. Often used in the phrase 下衆の勘繰りもいいところだ (that's a really nasty way to look at it).

• 彼かれが遅ち刻こくしたのは電でん車しゃの遅ち延えんのせいなのに、上じょう司しは下げ衆すの勘かん繰ぐりでサボりだと思おもった。

  Even though he was late because of a train delay, his boss, with petty-minded suspicion, thought he was slacking off.

• そんな下げ衆すの勘かん繰ぐりはやめて、素す直なおに人ひとの好こう意いを受うけ取とりなよ。

  Stop that nasty suspicion and just accept people's kindness for what it is.