くさいメシを食う – Vocabulary details

くさいメシを食くう

Expression

Verb (5-dan, う)

Idiomatic

1. to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food

eat

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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