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腹に据えかねる

はらにすえかねる

unable to tolerate

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Examples

  1. 彼の態度は腹に据えかねる。

    かれのたいどははらにすえかねる。

    I cannot put up with his attitude.

  2. あの言い方はさすがに腹に据えかねた。

    あのいいかたはさすがにはらにすえかねた。

    That way of putting it was more than I could stomach.

  3. 度重なる嘘には腹に据えかねるものがある。

    たびかさなるうそにははらにすえかねるものがある。

    There is something about his repeated lies that I simply cannot let pass.

  4. 上司の無責任な発言が腹に据えかねて、つい言い返してしまった。

    じょうしのむせきにんなはつげんがはらにすえかねて、ついいいかえしてしまった。

    I could not stomach my boss's irresponsible remark and ended up answering back.

Common patterns

態度が腹に据えかねる
to find someone's attitude intolerable
腹に据えかねて抗議する
to protest, unable to put up with it any longer
さすがに腹に据えかねる
to finally reach the limit of what one can take

Memory tip

据える means to set something down firmly, so this is anger that will not settle quietly in your belly. It is heavier and more literary than 腹が立つ, and normally describes anger that has built up over repeated offences.

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