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jmdict 1167030 Active (id: 2199454)
一夜乞食
いちやこじき
1. [n]
▶ riches to rags
▶ person turned into a beggar overnight
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2041500 一夜大尽 1. rags to riches; overnight millionaire



History:
6. A 2022-08-01 02:15:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Remove unsupported yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<misc>&yoji;</misc>
5. A 2022-06-22 05:42:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-06-22 05:39:48  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>riches to rags</gloss>
3. A 2014-12-24 10:22:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2014-12-24 08:18:11  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij:
overnight beggar
  Comments:
as opposed to "overnight millionaire".  the original translation seems somewhat wrong
"overnight beggar" doesn't do it for me, but there's probably a better way of phrasing it.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2041500">一夜大尽</xref>
@@ -13 +14 @@
-<gloss>(a) person made homeless by fire</gloss>
+<gloss>person turned into a beggar overnight</gloss>
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