プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
わざわい【災い・▲禍】
〔災難〕a disaster；〔不幸〕(a) misfortune；〔めんどう〕trouble(s)
災いに遭う
meet with a calamity／suffer a disaster [misfortune]
人に災いを及ぼす
get a person into trouble
彼の不注意が災いを招いた
His carelessness invited [brought on/caused] the disaster.
災いが降りかかった
He had bad luck.／《文》 Misfortune befell him.
子供に災いがかかりませんように
Keep the children out of harm's way!
正直が災いして彼は商売に失敗した
His honesty proved a handicap, and he failed in business.
美貌(びぼう)が災いして彼女は身を滅ぼした
Her personal beauty was her ruin.／Her beauty brought (down) ruin upon her.
口は災いの元
Be careful (of) what you say.
災いを転じて福となす
turn a misfortune into a blessing