蚊帳かやの外そとに置おく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

leave out of the loop; leave in the dark; exclude from a group

Idiomatic expression, usually used in the passive form 蚊帳の外に置かれる. Conveys being deliberately excluded from information, decisions, or a social circle, like being left outside a mosquito net while others are inside.

• 大だい事じな会かい議ぎなのに、私わたしは蚊帳かやの外そとに置おかれた。

  Even though it was an important meeting, I was left out of the loop.

• 彼かれだけ蚊帳かやの外そとに置おくのはかわいそうだ。

  It's pitiful to leave only him out in the cold.