蛇だ蝎かつ

noun

snakes and scorpions

Literal meaning referring to the two creatures. Often used in the idiomatic expression 蛇蝎の如く嫌う (to hate like snakes and scorpions).

• 彼かれは蛇だ蝎かつの如ごとく彼かの女じょを嫌きらっている。

  He hates her like snakes and scorpions.

noun

something detestable; abhorrent thing

Idiomatic use; refers to a person or thing that is intensely hated or loathed, drawing on the image of snakes and scorpions as universally despised creatures.

• 彼かれにとって不ふ正せいは蛇だ蝎かつだ。

  To him, injustice is something detestable.