全ぜん身しん火ひだるま

noun

body engulfed in flames; completely on fire

Vivid expression likening a person whose entire body is on fire to a daruma doll being ritually burned. Used in news, literature, or dramatic description.

• 事じ故こで車くるまが炎えん上じょうし、運うん転てん手しゅは全ぜん身しん火ひだるまになった。

  The car burst into flames in the accident, and the driver was engulfed in flames from head to toe.

• 全ぜん身しん火ひだるまで逃にげ惑まどう人ひとの姿すがたが目もく撃げきされた。

  A person running around completely on fire was witnessed.