片かた棒ぼうを担かつぐ

expression, godan verb (-gu)

take part in (something bad); be a party to; have a hand in

Idiomatic expression implying complicity or participation, usually in a negative or shady affair. Often used when someone shares responsibility for a scheme, crime, or undesirable plan.

• 彼かれもその不ふ正せいに片かた棒ぼうを担かついでいたらしい。

  It seems he also had a hand in that wrongdoing.

• 悪わるい計けい画かくの片かた棒ぼうを担かつぐのはやめておけ。

  Don't get involved in a bad scheme.