飢うえ凍こごえる

ichidan verb

starve and freeze to death

Describes the extreme hardship of dying from both starvation and exposure to cold. Often used in literary or dramatic contexts to depict severe suffering.

• 遭そう難なん者しゃたちは飢うえ凍こごえるような状じょう況きょうに置おかれた。

  The survivors were placed in a situation where they could starve and freeze to death.

• 昔むかしの農のう民みんはしばしば飢うえ凍こごえる恐きょう怖ふと隣となり合あわせだった。

  Farmers in the old days often lived with the fear of starving and freezing to death.