雷かみなりが落おちる

expression, ichidan verb

be struck by lightning

Literal meaning: lightning strikes (someone or something). Often used with a person as the subject or in passive-like constructions.

• 昨日きのう、近きん所じょの木きに雷かみなりが落おちた。

  Lightning struck a tree in the neighborhood yesterday.

• ゴルフ中ちゅうに雷かみなりが落おちて、大おおけがをした人ひとがいる。

  Someone was seriously injured when lightning struck while they were golfing.

expression, ichidan verb

get yelled at; be scolded harshly

Idiomatic: receiving a severe scolding from a superior, parent, or authority figure, likened to being struck by lightning. Often used when the scolding is sudden and intense.

• 成せい績せきが悪わるくて、父ちちに雷かみなりが落おちた。

  My grades were so bad that my father really let me have it.

• 遅ち刻こくしたら、部ぶ長ちょうから雷かみなりが落おちるよ。

  If you're late, the department head will chew you out.