JLPT N2Idioms
手を焼く
- Meaning
- 扱いに困って苦労する
- Explanation
- 「手を焼く」means struggling because something cannot be handled as one wishes and is hard to deal with. Note that it is not the literal meaning like c2 "to burn one's hand," but rather expresses a situation where something is unmanageable and a nuisance.
Original Japanese explanation
「手を焼く」は、思うように扱えず処理に困って苦労することです。c2「手をやけどする」のような字義どおりの意味ではなく、手に負えずもてあます状況を表す点に注意しましょう。
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