疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼き

expression

suspicion breeds suspicion; once you suspect, everything looks suspicious

A yojijukugo abbreviation of the longer phrase 疑心暗鬼を生ず. Used to describe a state where suspicion makes one see threats or deceit everywhere, even in innocent things.

See also: 疑心暗鬼を生ず

• 彼かれは浮うわ気きを疑うたがい始はじめてから、妻つまの何なに気げない行こう動どうにも疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きになっている。

  Since he started suspecting an affair, he's become suspicious of even his wife's innocent actions.

• 一いち度ど不ふ正せいを疑うたがうと、組そ織しき全ぜん体たいに疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きが広ひろがる。

  Once you suspect wrongdoing, suspicion spreads throughout the entire organization.