石いし部べ金きん吉きち

noun

man of incorruptible character; person of strict integrity

A yojijukugo describing someone so rigidly honest and upright that they are unbending, like a combination of stone and metal. Often used to praise or humorously describe a person who cannot be swayed by temptation.

• 彼かれは石いし部べ金きん吉きちのような人ひとで、賄わい賂ろには絶ぜっ対たいに手てを出ださない。

  He is a man of incorruptible character and would never touch a bribe.

• 石いし部べ金きん吉きちと言いわれるほど、彼かれは規き則そくに厳きびしい。

  He is so strict about the rules that people call him a man of iron integrity.