English Dictionary

artful dodger

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner. / (set phrase) One who deftly evades obstacles, pursuers, inconveniences, or other difficulties.

日本語の意味

（慣用句）小規模な犯罪を巧妙に犯す、ずる賢く不正行為を働く人物 / （定型句）さまざまな障害、追跡者、煩わしい状況などを巧みに回避する人

The artful dodger slipped through the market crowd with a roguish grin, pockets full of pilfered trinkets.

ずる賢い小泥棒は、市場の群衆の中をすり抜け、にやりと笑ってポケットには盗んだ小物がいっぱい入っていた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.

Meg made many moral rules, and tried to keep them, but what mother was ever proof against the winning wiles, the ingenious evasions, or the tranquil audacity of the miniature men and women who so early show themselves accomplished Artful Dodgers?

意味（2）

(set phrase) One who deftly evades obstacles, pursuers, inconveniences, or other difficulties.

I was a pussyfoot, an artful dodger, sidestepping abandoned children, waifs and strays, foundlings, castaways, and junk-people.

artful dodgers （ plural ）