李り下か瓜か田でん

expression

avoid even the slightest suspicion; leave no room for scandal

A literary yojijukugo warning against behavior that could invite suspicion, even if innocent. Derived from the proverb about not adjusting one's hat under a plum tree or one's shoes in a melon field.

• 李り下か瓜か田でんの故こ事じに倣ならい、疑うたがわれるような行こう動どうは慎つつしむべきだ。

  Following the lesson of 李下瓜田, one should refrain from behavior that might invite suspicion.