Having a bad experience with 〜目に遭う
目に遭う literally means “meet with the eye” as in “to experience something with one’s eyes”, but idiomatically it means to personally go through a negative experience.
This expression is commonly used with the following words:
- ひどい (terrible experience)
- つらい (painful experience)
- 怖い (scary experience)
- いやな (unpleasant experience)
The English expression “going through” has a similar usage.
