癩かったいの瘡かさうらみ

expression, noun

excessive envy of someone in a similar situation; envy of a leper's pockmarks

Idiomatic expression describing irrational envy toward someone whose circumstances are essentially the same as one's own. The literal image is envying a leper's sores, implying a pitiable level of jealousy. Used in set phrases like 癩の瘡うらみもここに極まる.

• 彼かれの成せい功こうをねたむなんて、まるで癩かったいの瘡かさうらみだ。

  Envying his success is just like envying a leper's pockmarks—utterly irrational.

• 「癩かったいの瘡かさうらみ」ということわざを知しっていますか。

  Do you know the proverb 'envy of a leper's pockmarks'?