髀ひ肉にくの嘆たん

expression

lamenting one's enforced idleness

A rare literary phrase originating from a Chinese historical anecdote about a warrior who grew fat from inactivity and lamented his wasted potential. Used to express frustration at being forced into idleness when one wishes to be active.

• 「髀ひ肉にくの嘆たん」とは、無む為いに過すごすことを嘆なげく故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。

  'Hiniku no tan' is a classical idiom that laments spending time in idleness.