煽あおりを食くう

expression, godan verb (-u)

suffer collateral damage; get caught in the backlash; be adversely affected by a ripple effect

Used when someone is indirectly harmed or inconvenienced by the consequences of an event or action that was not aimed at them. Often implies being swept up in a larger force or situation.

• 親おやの喧けん嘩かの煽あおりを食くって、子こ供どもが学がっ校こうに行いけなくなった。

  Caught in the backlash of his parents' fight, the child ended up unable to go to school.

• 隣となりの部ぶ署しょのミスの煽あおりを食くって、私わたしたちのプロジェクトも遅おくれた。

  We suffered collateral damage from the neighboring department's mistake, and our project was also delayed.