自じ腹ばらを切きる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

pay out of one's own pocket; foot the bill oneself

Idiomatic expression used when someone covers an expense personally, often in a business or group context where the cost might otherwise be shared or reimbursed.

• 交こう通つう費ひは自じ腹ばらを切きって払はらった。

  I paid the travel expenses out of my own pocket.

• 会かい社しゃの飲のみ会かいなのに、上じょう司しが自じ腹ばらを切きってくれた。

  Even though it was a company drinking party, the boss footed the bill himself.