酷(ひど)い目(め)

ひどいめ
noun
terrible experience, awful treatment
1. terrible experience, awful treatment
An unpleasant or painful experience; suffering mistreatment or hardship.
酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)った。
I had a terrible experience.
詐欺(さぎ)に遭(あ)って酷(ひど)い目(め)を見(み)た。
I fell victim to fraud and had an awful experience.
彼(かれ)には散々(さんざん)酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)わされた。
I was put through terrible experiences by him time and again.

酷(ひど)い目(め) is a common expression for bad experiences.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)う: to have a terrible experience
  • 酷(ひど)い目(め)を見(み)る: to experience something terrible
  • 酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)わせる: to put someone through a terrible experience

RELATED EXPRESSIONS:

  • 痛(いた)い目(め)に遭(あ)う: to learn a painful lesson
  • 嫌(いや)な思(おも)いをする: to have an unpleasant experience
  • 苦(にが)い経験(けいけん): bitter experience

KANJI NOTE:
酷(ひど)い is often written in hiragana as ひどい.

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Added 2026.2.4 21:07
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