焼やけ野のの鴉からす

expression

blacker than black

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'a crow on a burnt field'. Used to describe something that is already dark appearing even darker by contrast, or something standing out starkly against a dark background. Often used metaphorically for a situation where something bad seems even worse.

• 焼やけ野のの鴉からすという言こと葉ばは、黒くろいものがさらに黒くろく見みえる様よう子すを表あらわす。

  The phrase 'a crow on a burnt field' describes how something black appears even blacker.

• 彼かれの汚よごれた手ては、焼やけ野のの鴉からすのように一いっ層そう黒くろく見みえた。

  His dirty hands looked even blacker, like a crow on a burnt field.