"鬼に金棒" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [o̞ɲ̟i ɲ̟i ka̠na̠bo̞ː] Forms: 鬼に金棒 [canonical] (ruby: (おに), (かな), (ぼう)), oni ni kanabō [romanization]
Etymology: 鬼 (oni) + に (ni) + 金棒 (kanabō). Literally "[giving] a metal club to a demon". The idiom in general is first cited in a text from 1472 as the longer variant 鬼に金砕棒 (oni ni kana saibō); this shorter form is cited from 1645. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|鬼|に|金棒|tr1=oni|tr2=ni|tr3=kanabō}} 鬼 (oni) + に (ni) + 金棒 (kanabō) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|おに に かなぼう}} 鬼(おに)に金(かな)棒(ぼう) • (oni ni kanabō)
  1. making someone or something even stronger, adding a decisive advantage Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 鬼に金砕棒, 鬼に金撮棒, 鬼に金梃子, 鬼に鉄杖
    Sense id: en-鬼に金棒-ja-phrase-hC9WgPYs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. (for negative situations) making a bad situation worse Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 火に油を注ぐ
    Sense id: en-鬼に金棒-ja-phrase-7VL2c0Iu Categories (other): Japanese terms with 3 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 47 53
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