かっかそうよう

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch
    yojijukugo

    • もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。
      You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?