内弁慶

うちべんけい

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

Meanings

  1. Noun

    someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

Example sentences

  • 彼かれは内弁慶うちべんけいだ。

    He is a lion at home and a mouse outside.

  • 内弁慶うちべんけいは誰だれでもできる。

    Every cock crows on his own dunghill.