狐きつねにつままれる

expression, ichidan verb

be baffled; be confused; be bewitched by a fox

Idiomatic expression describing a state of being utterly confused or dumbfounded, as if tricked by a fox. Often used when one cannot understand what is happening or feels something is inexplicable.

• 突とつ然ぜんの出で来き事ごとに、狐きつねにつままれたような気き分ぶんだった。

  I felt as if I had been bewitched by a fox at the sudden event.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいを聞きいても、狐きつねにつままれたままだ。

  Even after hearing his explanation, I'm still completely baffled.