Meaning
逃げ足 (にげあし, nigeashi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “flight; running away”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 6
あいつは逃げ足だけは速い
He is only fast when he is running away.
逃げ足が早い
He has winged heels.
会員は逃げ足だ
The members are preparing to withdraw.
もう逃げ足になっている
He is ready to fly―showing the white feather.
彼ほど逃げ足の早いやつはいない.
Nobody takes to his heels as quickly he does.
また、私がよく言っておりますように、協調融資の場合、中小企業にメガバンクと地方銀行、あるいは信用金庫が協調融資するなど、複数（金融機関）あるときに、1行が融資をやめる、要するに逃げるということは昔しばしばあったわけでございますけれども、特に一番逃げ足が速いと言ったら誤解があるかもしれませんけれども、一般的にはメガバンクの逃げ足が早かったのです。ところが、この法律ができてそういう現象はなくなったということは異口同音に言っておりました。
As I often say, what frequently happened in the past is that in the case of co-financing where a SME is co-financed by multiple financial institutions, such as the combination of a mega-bank and a regional bank or shinkin bank, one of them stops financing it. In particular, the mega-bank would typically be the first one to do so. However, everybody was saying that since this law came into force, this phenomenon has ceased.