鼻はな毛げを読よむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

lead a man around by the nose; have a man wrapped around one's finger

Idiomatic expression describing a woman manipulating or controlling a man, often through charm or cunning. The image is of leading someone by the nose hairs.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれの鼻はな毛げを読よんで、何なんでも言いうことを聞きかせる。

  She leads him around by the nose and makes him do whatever she says.

• あの女おんなに鼻はな毛げを読よまれている男おとこは、気きの毒どくだ。

  That man who is being led around by the nose by that woman is pitiful.