背せ負おい投なげを食くう

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-u)

be betrayed unexpectedly; be stabbed in the back; be double-crossed

Idiomatic expression originating from judo, where 背負い投げ is a shoulder throw; metaphorically means being thrown by someone you trusted.

親しん友ゆうだと思おもっていた彼かれに背せ負おい投なげを食くわされた。
I was betrayed by him, whom I thought was a close friend.
まさかあの取

とり

引ひき

先さき

に

背せ

負お

い

投な

げ

を

食く

う

と

は

思おも

わ

なかっ

た

。

I never expected to be double-crossed by that business partner.

Written forms

背せ負おい投なげを食くう
Standard kanji spelling for this idiomatic expression.
背せ負おい投なげを食くう
Variant spelling with 背負 without い; less common but still used.

Kanji

背stature, height, back
負defeat, negative, -
投throw, discard, abandon
食eat, food

Similar words

裏うら切ぎる
裏切る is the standard verb for 'to betray', while 背負い投げを食う is a more vivid, idiomatic expression emphasizing the unexpectedness and the feeling of being thrown.
だまされる
だまされる means 'to be deceived' in general, whereas 背負い投げを食う specifically implies a betrayal by someone trusted, often with a sense of shock.

Etymology

From judo term 背負い投げ (shoulder throw), combined with 食う (to receive, often used for something unpleasant). The expression figuratively means to be thrown down by someone's betrayal.