踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったり

ふんだりけったり
expression
one bad thing after another; adding insult to injury
idiom
1. one bad thing after another; adding insult to injury
Literally being trampled and then kicked: suffering one blow after another, or being treated badly on top of an earlier misfortune. Used as a predicate with だ or before a noun with の.
今日(きょう)は踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりだ。
Today has been one thing after another.
雨(あめ)に降(ふ)られて電車(でんしゃ)も遅(おく)れ、踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりの一日(いちにち)だった。
I got caught in the rain and the train was late too; everything went wrong all day.
振(ふ)られたうえに貸(か)したお金(かね)も返(かえ)ってこないなんて、踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりだよ。
She dumped me and I won't get back the money I lent her either. Talk about adding insult to injury.

Common patterns

  • 踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりだ: it's one blow after another
  • 踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりの一日(いちにち): a day when everything went wrong
  • 踏(ふ)んだり蹴(け)ったりな目(め)に遭(あ)う: to be hit by one misfortune after another

Usage

Conversational. Often a complaint about how one was treated by others, not only about bad luck.

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