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jmdict 2833936 Active (id: 1968357)
地獄で仏に会ったよう
【 じごくでほとけにあったよう 】
1. [exp,adv] [id]
▶ with great relief
▶ as if meeting a friend in need
▶ [lit] as if having met a Buddha in hell
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2860657 地獄に仏【じごくにほとけ】 1. manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (meeting) Buddha in hell



History:
2. A 2018-01-15 22:46:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
ルミナス
  Diff: 
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>as if meeting a friend in need</gloss>
1. A* 2017-12-02 06:24:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  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"
  Comments: 
adv? hard to gloss. feel free to improve.

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