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一杯食ういっぱいくうExpressionsbe deceived; be taken in; be tricked
人を食うひとをくうExpressionsinsolent; arrogant; impudent; rude
働かざる者食うべからずはたらかざるものくうべからずExpressionsif you don't work, you don't eat; no work, no food
冷や飯を食うひやめしをくうExpressionsdepend on someone for food and lodging · be treated coldly; be kept in a low position
割を食うわりをくうExpressionsbe put at a disadvantage; get the short end of the stick
同じ釜の飯を食うおなじかまのめしをくうExpressionsto be close friends; to have lived together; to share a deep bond
大目玉を食うおおめだまをくうExpressionsget a severe scolding; get chewed out
巻き添えを食うまきぞえをくうExpressionsget caught up in; be dragged into; suffer collateral damage
年を食うとしをくうExpressionsgrow older (than expected); advance in age
年食うとしくうExpressionsgrow older (than expected); advance in age
店立てを食うたなだてをくうExpressionsbe evicted; get kicked out
待ちぼうけを食うまちぼうけをくうExpressionswait in vain; be stood up; wait only to be disappointed
梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござるうめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござるExpressionsdon't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
泡を食うあわをくうExpressionsbe flustered; lose one's head; panic
煽りを食うあおりをくうExpressionssuffer collateral damage; get caught in the backlash; be adversely affected by a ripple effect
粋が身を食うすいがみをくうExpressionstoo much pleasure ruins a man; playing the dandy ruins a man
糟を食うかすをくうExpressionsto be scolded; to get a telling-off
置いてきぼりを食うおいてきぼりをくうExpressionsbe left behind; get left out
肩透かしを食うかたすかしをくうExpressionsfeel let down; suffer a disappointment · have one's attack sidestepped; be given the slip
背負い投げを食うせおいなげをくうExpressionsbe betrayed unexpectedly; be stabbed in the back; be double-crossed
臭い飯を食うくさいめしをくうExpressionsgo to prison; serve a prison term
芯を食うしんをくうExpressionsget to the heart of the matter; get to the core · hit with the sweet spot
蓼食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずきExpressionsthere's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste; some prefer nettles
蚊の食うほどにも思わぬかのくうほどにもおもわぬExpressionsnot care at all; not be bothered in the slightest
足止めを食うあしどめをくうExpressionsbe stranded; be forced to stay
逆ねじを食うさかねじをくうExpressionshave the tables turned on one; get one's own tactics used against one
道草を食うみちくさをくうExpressionsloiter on the way; dawdle; waste time on the road
阿呆の話食いあほうのはなしぐいExpressionsan idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinking
霞を食うかすみをくうExpressionslive on air; live without income; subsist on nothing
お預けを食うおあずけをくうExpressionsbe kept waiting; have one's hopes postponed
とばっちりを食うとばっちりをくうExpressionsget caught in the crossfire; be dragged into trouble; suffer collateral damage
食いつきがいいくいつきがいいExpressionsbiting well; taking bait well; showing strong interest
食い入るようにくいいるようにExpressionswith intense concentration; eagerly; intently
ふぐは食いたし命は惜ししふぐはくいたしいのちはおししExpressionshoney is sweet, but the bee stings; there's no rose without a thorn
食い意地が張っているくいいじがはっているExpressionsbe gluttonous; be greedy about food; have a voracious appetite
食うや食わずくうやくわずExpressionshand-to-mouth; barely scraping by
飯を食うめしをくうExpressionshave a meal; eat · make a living; earn one's bread
魚の食いさかなのくいExpressionsfish biting; fish striking; fish taking bait