Stood Up
Waiting In Vain
noun
With 待ち you know you're waiting, but what's a ぼうけ? Turns out it's the long version of ボケ which means idiot. Basically, in this case you're a waiting idiot. Why? because you were stood up.
The reading for 待ち comes right from 待つ. You know the drill by now.
待ちぼうけを食う
to be stood up by someone
待ちぼうけを食わす
to stand someone up
待ちぼうけを食らう
to be stood up by someone
返事を待っていましたが、待ちぼうけを食らいました。
I waited in vain for a response.
おかげで、さびれたえきで、一時間も待ちぼうけをする羽目になったよ。
Thanks to that, I was stood up for about an hour at a desolate station.
彼が待ちぼうけを食らったと思わないように、明日の会議が中止になったことを伝えてあげてくれるかな？
Could you please tell him tomorrow’s conference has been cancelled so he won’t feel like he’s been stood up?