置おいてきぼりを食くらう

expression, godan verb (-u)

be left behind; get ditched

Colloquial expression for being deliberately abandoned by a group or person, often with a sense of unfairness or surprise. The verb 食らう adds a rough, emphatic tone.

See also: 置いてきぼりを食う

• 友とも達だちに置おいてきぼりを食くらって、一人ひとりで帰かえった。

  I got left behind by my friends and went home alone.

• 会かい議ぎで自じ分ぶんの意い見けんだけ無む視しされて、置おいてきぼりを食くらった気き分ぶんだ。

  I felt left out when only my opinion was ignored at the meeting.