<entry id="1968357" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2833936</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>地獄で仏に会ったよう</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じごくでほとけにあったよう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>with great relief</gloss>
<gloss>as if meeting a friend in need</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">as if having met a Buddha in hell</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2017-12-02 06:24:22" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>adv? hard to gloss. feel free to improve.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, prog:

"地獄で仏に会った心地だった
He was a godsend (to me in my distress)."

also two shorter variatns, "地獄で仏" and "地獄に仏"</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-15 22:46:25" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>ルミナス</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;as if meeting a friend in need&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>