迷まよい箸ばし

noun

hovering chopsticks indecisively over dishes (bad table manners)

Refers to the rude act of waving chopsticks back and forth over shared dishes while deciding what to take. Often listed among 嫌い箸 (disliked chopstick manners).

See also: 惑い箸

• 迷まよい箸ばしは、食しょく事じのマナーとして避さけるべき行こう為いの一ひとつです。

  Hovering your chopsticks indecisively is one of the behaviors to avoid as a dining manner.

• 彼かれはどれを取とろうか迷まよって、つい迷まよい箸ばしをしてしまった。

  He couldn't decide which one to take and ended up hovering his chopsticks.