尻しり馬うま

noun

buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed

Literal meaning; refers to the rear of a horse that someone is riding or following. Rarely used outside the idiom 尻馬に乗る.

• 「尻しり馬うま」という言こと葉ばは、文も字じ通どおりには乗のっている馬うまの後うしろの部ぶ分ぶんを指さす。

  The word 尻馬 literally refers to the rear part of a horse being ridden.

noun

blindly following suit; jumping on the bandwagon

Used almost exclusively in the idiom 尻馬に乗る, meaning to follow others without thinking or to jump on a trend without understanding it.

See also: 尻馬に乗る

• 彼かれはいつも人ひとの尻しり馬うまに乗のってばかりだ。

  He's always just blindly following others.

• 流りゅう行こうに乗のるのはいいが、尻しり馬うまに乗のるだけでは意い味みがない。

  It's fine to follow trends, but just jumping on the bandwagon is pointless.