火の車

ひのくるま
fiery chariot
extreme poverty

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ひのくるま【火の車】

¶彼の台所は～だ

He's badly off. 生活に困っている.

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ひのくるま【火の車】

1 〔苦しい経済状態〕 desperate (financial) circumstances; severe financial difficulties.

●わが家の台所は火の車だ. We are desperately short of money [extremely hard up, in dire (financial) straits]. | 《口》 We're really up against it (financially).

・あの会社は経営が火の車らしい. The company's financial situation is apparently desperate [dire, critical]. | It seems the company has its back to the wall financially.

2 〔地獄行きの〕 a car of fire which carries the souls of sinners to the Buddhist hell.