濡ぬれ手てで粟あわ

expression, noun

easy profit; making money without effort

Idiomatic expression likening effortless gain to grabbing millet with wet hands—the grains stick without work. Often used critically or enviously.

• あの商しょう売ばいはまさに濡ぬれ手てで粟あわだ。

  That business is really like easy money.

• 濡ぬれ手てで粟あわのような話はなしには気きをつけろ。

  Be careful of deals that sound like easy profit.