Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “足元を見る”

足元を見る

あしもとをみる

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

Example sentence

Don't let anyone take advantage of you.

Kanji details

足

・leg

・foot

・be sufficient

・counter for pairs of footwear

元

・beginning

・former time

・origin

見

・see

・hopes

・chances

・idea

・opinion

・look at

・visible