死しに損ぞこない

noun

person who escaped death; failed suicide

Refers to someone who should have died but survived, either by luck or after a suicide attempt. Often carries a derogatory or pitiful tone.

See also: 死に損なう

• あの事じ故こで彼かれは死しに損ぞこないだったと言いわれている。

  They say he was a person who escaped death in that accident.

• 自じ殺さつ未み遂すいの後あと、彼かれは死しに損ぞこないと呼よばれた。

  After his suicide attempt, he was called a failed suicide.

noun

dotard; doddering old person; person who has outlived their time

Derogatory term for an old person who is seen as having lived too long, often implying uselessness or senility. Strongly insulting.

• あの死しに損ぞこないの老ろう人じんはいつも文もん句くばかり言いっている。

  That doddering old man is always complaining.