煮え湯
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Meanings
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boiling water; scalding water
Often used in the idiom 煮え湯を飲まされる (to be betrayed by a trusted person; to be forced to drink scalding water). The word itself is neutral but carries a strong connotation of danger or betrayal in fixed expressions.
I feel as if I've been betrayed (lit. made to drink scalding water).
Boiling water spurted out of the kettle.
Expressions
- 煮え湯を飲まされるto be betrayed; to be stabbed in the back · to be given a hard time; to be brought to grief