捨すて駒ごま

noun

sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece

Shogi term for a piece deliberately sacrificed for strategic advantage.

• 彼かれは序じょ盤ばんで捨すて駒ごまを使つかい、相あい手ての陣じん形けいを崩くずした。

  He used a sacrificial pawn in the opening to disrupt his opponent's formation.

noun

sacrifice; expendable person or thing

Figurative extension: a person or thing used as a disposable tool for a larger goal, often in business, politics, or organizations.

• 会かい社しゃは彼かれを捨すて駒ごまにして不ふ祥しょう事じの責せき任にんを取とらせた。

  The company made him a scapegoat and forced him to take responsibility for the scandal.

• 政せい治じ家かはしばしば側そっ近きんを捨すて駒ごまにする。

  Politicians often use their close aides as expendable pawns.