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逆鱗に触れる げきりんにふれる 同音

exp.

  1. idiomatic to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
  2. idiomatic to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (literal) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat (orig. meaning)
Notes
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼、ボスの逆鱗に触れ、地方支店に追いやられたよ。
He recently had the bad luck to incur his boss' wrath and got sent out to work in the boondocks.
Contains
逆
さか 역
disobey
逆鱗
げきりん
one's superior's anger
鱗
うろこ 린
fish scales
に
に
at (place, time)
触
chù ふ.れる 촉
knock against, touch, to butt with the horns
触れ
ふれ
proclamation
触れる
ふれる
to touch
れる
れる
indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")
る
る
verb-forming suffix
キリ
キリ
end
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