木きから落おちた猿さる

expression, noun

a person who has lost their support; a monkey fallen from a tree

Idiomatic expression likening someone who has lost their position, backing, or familiar environment to a monkey that has fallen from its tree. The literal meaning is also used.

• 会かい社しゃを辞やめたら、まるで木きから落おちた猿さるのような気き分ぶんだ。

  After quitting the company, I feel like a monkey fallen from a tree.

• 彼かれは権けん力りょくを失うしなって、木きから落おちた猿さるになってしまった。

  He lost his power and became a monkey fallen from a tree.