Vocabulary
What does 骨折り損のくたびれ儲け (ほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけ) mean?
骨折り損のくたびれ儲け (ほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけ) means making a great effort for nothing but fatigue (lit. wasted effort, earning only weariness).
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骨折り損のくたびれ儲けほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけ TOPICS
making a great effort for nothing but fatigue (lit. wasted effort, earning only weariness)
Example sentences
徹夜で資料を作ったのに使われず、骨折り損のくたびれ儲けだった。
I stayed up all night preparing the materials, but they were never used; it was all that effort for nothing.
