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置いてきぼりを食らう (おいてきぼりをくらう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
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
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.
Similar words 置お いてきぼりを 食く う Synonymous variant using 食う instead of 食らう; 食らう is slightly rougher and more emphatic.
置お き 去ざ りにする More neutral and standard expression for leaving someone behind; lacks the colloquial, victim-focused nuance of 置いてきぼりを食らう.
Etymology Derived from 置いてきぼり (being left behind) + を + 食らう (to eat, here used idiomatically to mean 'to suffer' or 'to receive something unpleasant'). The exact origin of 置いてきぼり is uncertain, but it is a set phrase meaning abandonment.
