管を巻く

くだをまく かんをまく

to grumble over one's wine cups

舌を巻く

したをまく

to be astonished

巻く

まく

to wind, to coil, to roll, to wear (e.g. turban, scarf)

ねじを巻く

ねじをまく

to wind (e.g. a watch)

尻尾を巻く

しっぽをまく

(a person) to admit defeat, to turn tail (and run)

とぐろを巻く

とぐろをまく

to coil itself (e.g. a snake)

逆巻く

さかまく

to surge (water or waves)

渦巻く

うずまく

to whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (smoke)

息巻く

いきまく

to rage, to storm (at), to be furious

風巻く

しまく

to gust, to blow violently

くだくだ

tediously, lengthily, wordily

取り巻く

とりまく

to surround, to circle, to enclose

煙に巻く

けむにまく けむりにまく

to confuse someone, to befuddle someone, to create a smokescreen

巻き付く

まきつく

to twine around

高をくくる

to underrate; to make light of

くじを引く

くじをひく

to draw lots

くだくだしい

tedious, lengthy, wordy, long-winded

巻を追う

かんをおう

to read volume by volume; to go on reading

出鼻をくじく

でばなをくじく

to spoil someone's start, to kill someone's enthusiasm, to take the wind out of someone's sails