焦しょう眉びの急きゅう

noun

urgent need; pressing necessity; matter of extreme urgency

A formal, somewhat literary set phrase meaning a situation so urgent it feels like one's eyebrows are on fire. Often used in expressions like 焦眉の急を要する or 焦眉の急務.

• 環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの対たい応おうは焦しょう眉びの急きゅうだ。

  Addressing environmental issues is a matter of extreme urgency.

• この問もん題だいは焦しょう眉びの急きゅうを要ようする。

  This problem requires immediate attention.