生き地獄

Meaning

1. n
   hell on earth; living hell

Example sentences

• 生き地獄は、言い過ぎだと私も思う。

  I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.

• 結婚は、睦まじければ理想郷、争い絶えねば生き地獄。

  Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.