人を食う

ひとをくう

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

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

飯を食う

めしをくう

to have a meal; to eat

年を食う

としをくう

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

芯を食う

しんをくう

to get to the heart of the matter; to get to the core

糟を食う

かすをくう

to be scolded (mainly used theatrically)

道草を食う

みちくさをくう

to loiter (on the way), to waste time

煽りを食う

あおりをくう

to suffer a blast or indirect blow, to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

風を食らう

かぜをくらう

to make a hasty escape, to flee helter-skelter

横綱を食う

よこづなをくう

to beat a grand champion

腹を割る

はらをわる

to be frank, to drop all pretense

口を割る

くちをわる くちをわれる

to confess, to speak out, to disclose, to tell

応力腐食割れ

おうりょくふしょくわれ

stress corrosion cracking

お預けを食う

おあずけをくう

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

冷や飯を食う

ひやめしをくう

to depend on somebody for food and lodging

粋が身を食う

すいがみをくう

Playing the dandy ruins a man

臭い飯を食う

くさいめしをくう

to go to prison, to serve a prison term, to eat foul-smelling food

足止めを食う

あしどめをくう

to be stranded, to be forced to stay, to be obliged to stay