Last Updated:2025/12/07

To trim the flight feathers of a bird, usually poultry, to prevent flight. / (figurative, of a person or organisation) To prevent from acting freely.

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clip the wings of

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clip the wings of

Verb
figuratively of a person or organisation
Japanese Meaning
鳥(特に家禽)の飛行羽を剪定して飛べなくすること。 / 比喩的に、人や組織の自由な行動を制限すること。
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庭で自由にさせる前に、隣の庭へ飛んで行かないように若い雌鶏の風切り羽を切ることにした。

present singular third-person

clipping participle present

participle past

past

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