青あお息いき吐と息いき

noun

deep distress; great trouble; anguish

A yojijukugo describing a state of extreme distress or suffering, often with a sense of being at one's wit's end. Commonly used in set phrases like 青息吐息の状態.

• 会かい社しゃの経けい営えいは青あお息いき吐と息いきの状じょう態たいだ。

  The company's management is in a state of deep distress.

• 彼かれは借しゃっ金きんで青あお息いき吐と息いきだった。

  He was in great distress because of his debts.