裸はだかの王おう様さま

expression, noun

naked emperor; person of high standing with a warped view of reality

Idiomatic expression derived from the Japanese title of 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. Refers to someone in a position of authority who is oblivious to an obvious truth that everyone else can see, often because of sycophancy or self-deception.

• あの社しゃ長ちょうは裸はだかの王おう様さまで、誰だれも本ほん当とうのことを言いえない。

  That company president is a naked emperor; no one can tell him the truth.

• 彼かれの計けい画かくは誰だれが見みても失しっ敗ぱいするのに、周まわりがお世せ辞じばかり言いうから裸はだかの王おう様さま状じょう態たいだ。

  Everyone can see his plan will fail, but because those around him only flatter him, he's in a naked-emperor situation.