clue-by-four

figuratively humorous informal

(informal, humorous, figuratively) A notional weapon used to knock sense into the clueless.

Japanese Meaning

（冗談的に、比喩的に）鈍感な人に気づきを促すための架空の武器 / （ユーモラスに）無知な人々に感覚を取り戻させるための象徴的な手段

彼が3回目の会議を欠席したとき、上司は冗談めかして、彼に気合を入れて注意を促すための比喩的な角材が必要だと言った。

Sense（1）

(informal, humorous, figuratively) A notional weapon used to knock sense into the clueless.

If I think they're a jerk who's using a march to show how cool and open minded they are, I pull out the ol' clue by four.

clue-by-fours

（ plural ）