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食らう くらう

  1. to drink; to eat; to knock back; to wolf
  2. to receive (e.g. a blow)
  3. to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

面食らう めんくらう

  1. to be bewildered; to be confused; to be taken aback

貪り食らう むさぼりくらう

  1. to devour greedily

大目玉を食らう おおめだまをくらう

  1. to get scolded severely

お目玉を食らう おめだまをくらう

  1. to get a good scolding

お預けを食らう おあずけをくらう

  1. to be forced to postpone; to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for)

置いてきぼりを食らう おいてきぼりをくらう

  1. to be left behind

あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥 あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす

  1. don't judge a book by its cover

風を食らう かぜをくらう

  1. to flee helter-skelter; to make a hasty escape

肩透かしを食らう かたすかしをくらう

  1. to feel let down; to suffer a disappointment
  2. to be given the slip; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped
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