お預けを食らう

おあずけをくらう

to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for), to be forced to postpone

お預け

おあずけ

postponement, wait (until one is given permission)

預け

あずけ あづけ

custody, keeping

下駄を預ける

げたをあずける げたをあづける

to leave everything to (someone)

預ける

あずける

to give into custody, to leave (a child) in the care of, to entrust, to deposit

預け主

あずけぬし

depositor

預け物

あずけもの あづけぶつ

object left in a person's charge

預け金

あずけきん あづけきん

key money

寺預け

てらあずけ

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

お目玉を食らう

おめだまをくらう

to get a good scolding

一時預け

いちじあずけ いちじあづけ

(baggage) checking, temporary depositing

預け入れ

あずけいれ

deposit

割を食う

わりをくう

to be put at a disadvantage, to get the short end of the stick

飯を食う

めしをくう

to have a meal; to eat

人を食う

ひとをくう

to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude

年を食う

としをくう

to grow older, to advance in age, to be very aged

泡を食う

あわをくう

to be flurried, to be confused, to lose one's head

霞を食う

かすみをくう

to live on air

糟を食う

かすをくう

to be scolded (mainly used theatrically)