肩かた透すかしを食くわせる

expression, ichidan verb

dodge; sidestep; evade

Idiomatic expression for skillfully avoiding an attack, question, or confrontation, often leaving the other party off balance. Literally 'to make someone eat a shoulder dodge', from sumo terminology.

• 記き者しゃの鋭するどい質しつ問もんに、大だい臣じんは肩かた透すかしを食くわせた。

  The minister sidestepped the reporter's sharp question.

• 彼かれは相あい手てのパンチを肩かた透すかしを食くわせてかわした。

  He dodged his opponent's punch with a shoulder feint.