食い物

くいもの【食い物】

◇ → 食い物にする

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くいもの【食い物】

1 〔たべもの〕 food; foodstuff; provisions; edibles; eatables; victuals; 《口》 eats; grub.

●食い物の恨みは恐ろしい. Resentments concerning food are fierce.

2 〔犠牲〕 a victim; (one's) prey.

●食い物にする feed [sponge] off…; live on [off]…; prey on…; exploit; victimize; trade on 《sb's kindness》; thrive on 《sb's distress》

・女を食い物にすることしか能のないぐうたら男 a lazy guy with no brains to do anything but live off women

・福祉を食い物にした厚生官僚 a social services official who sponged off welfare funds

・国民を食い物にする政治家 a politician who promotes his own interests at the expense of the people

・人を食い物にする気か. You'll get nothing out of me! | I am not such an easy prey [mark] as you'd take me for.

・食い物になる fall prey [a victim] 《to a crook》; be exploited; be victimized.