| 食い上げ | [くいあげ, kuiage] (n) (1) losing the means of livelihood; (2) (arch) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (3) (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook [Add to Longdo] |
| We'll soon be out of business. | [JP] このままじゃ飯の食い上げだ Night Market Hero (2011) | |
| Leave me with enough for a drink! | [JP] この銭持ってかれたら おまんま食い上げなんだよ Tekkonkinkreet (2006) |