長蛇

ちょうだ ちょうじゃ

long snake

蜿々長蛇

えんえんちょうだ

(a line, queue) being long and serpentine

蜿蜿長蛇

えんえんちょうだ

long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)

長蛇の列

ちょうだのれつ

long line, long queue

目を逸らす

めをそらす

to look away, to avert one's eyes

逸す

いっす

to lose (a chance), to miss (a chance)

注意を逸らす

ちゅういをそらす

to distract a person's attention

常軌を逸する

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

大魚を逸する

たいぎょをいっする

to miss a big chance; to miss out on a great opportunity; to let a big fish get away

逸する

いっする

to lose (a chance), to miss (a chance)

逸らす

そらす

to turn away, to avert

蛇

へび じゃ くちなわ へみ

snake

逸

いち いつ

very, excellent

気持ちを逸らす

きもちをそらす

to distract a person's attention

的を逸れる

まとをそれる

to miss the target

逸らかす

はぐらかす

to dodge, to evade, to give the slip

薮をつついて蛇を出す

やぶをつついてへびをだす

to stir up trouble for oneself, to scare out a snake by poking at the brush

藪をつついて蛇を出す

やぶをつついてへびをだす

to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

蛇の道は蛇

じゃのみちはへび

Set a thief to catch a thief