秤はかりにかける

expression, ichidan verb

weigh on a scale; put on the scales

Literal physical weighing using a balance or scale.

• 市いち場ばで買かった魚さかなを秤はかりにかける。

  I weigh the fish I bought at the market on the scale.

expression, ichidan verb

weigh options; compare pros and cons; evaluate

Figurative use: carefully consider and compare the merits of different choices, as if weighing them on a balance.

• 転てん職しょくする前まえに、給きゅう料りょうと勤きん務む時じ間かんを秤はかりにかけて考かんがえた。

  Before changing jobs, I weighed the salary and working hours and thought it over.

• 彼かれは二ふたつの大だい学がくの合ごう格かく通つう知ちを秤はかりにかけている。

  He is weighing the acceptance letters from the two universities.