皮ひ肉にくにも

expression, adverb

ironically enough; as irony would have it

Used to introduce a situation that is ironic or contrary to what was expected, often with a sense of wry commentary.

• 皮ひ肉にくにも、彼かれが一いち番ばん嫌きらっていた仕し事ごとに就つくことになった。

  Ironically enough, he ended up taking the job he hated the most.

• 皮ひ肉にくにも、雨あめが降ふり出だしたのはピクニックの準じゅん備びが整ととのった直ちょく後ごだった。

  As irony would have it, it started raining just after we finished setting up the picnic.