血ちの巡めぐりの悪わるい

expression

dim-witted; slow on the uptake

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'poor circulation of blood (to the head)', used to describe someone who is slow to understand or not very sharp.

• 彼かれは血ちの巡めぐりの悪わるいやつで、何なん度ど説せつ明めいしてもわからない。

  He's a dim-witted guy; no matter how many times you explain, he doesn't get it.

• 血ちの巡めぐりの悪わるい人ひとには、はっきり言いわないと伝つたわらない。

  With someone slow on the uptake, you have to be blunt or they won't understand.