鋳い掛かけ屋やの天てん秤びん棒ぼう

expression

intrusive person; busybody

Rare set phrase literally meaning 'a tinker's shoulder pole'. It figuratively describes someone who meddles or intrudes into others' affairs, likening them to a tinker's pole that pokes into everything. The literal meaning is included as a gloss for reference.

• 彼かれはまるで鋳い掛かけ屋やの天てん秤びん棒ぼうのように、人ひとのことに首くびを突つっ込こむ。

  He pokes his nose into other people's business just like a tinker's shoulder pole.