溜りゅう飲いんを下さげる

expression, ichidan verb

feel relieved; get satisfaction; vent one's frustration

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to lower one's sour stomach'. Used when a person feels a sense of relief or satisfaction after resolving a frustrating situation, often by taking action or seeing justice done. Typically used in the form 溜飲が下がる (intransitive) or 溜飲を下げる (transitive).

• 彼かれの謝しゃ罪ざいを聞きいて、ようやく溜りゅう飲いんを下さげた。

  Hearing his apology, I finally felt satisfied.

• 長なが年ねんの恨うらみを晴はらして溜りゅう飲いんを下さげた。

  I settled an old grudge and felt a sense of satisfaction.