千せん枚まい張ばり

noun

multilayered; cheeky; thick-skinned

Literally 'a thousand layers thick'. Used figuratively to describe someone who is brazen, shameless, or has a lot of nerve. Often appears in set phrases like 千枚張りの面の皮 (a face as thick as a thousand layers).

• あの男おとこは千せん枚まい張ばりの面つらの皮かわを持もっている。

  That man has a face as thick as a thousand layers.

• よくもそんな千せん枚まい張ばりなことが言いえるね。

  How can you say something so cheeky?