〜だらけだ: meaning and usage

How to form it

• noun+だらけ+だ
• noun+だらけ+の+noun
• noun+だらけ+になる

How it is used

Follows a noun to say something is full of or covered in it, usually with disapproval: 「間違いだらけ」, 「泥だらけ」. 「〜まみれ」 is for liquids or dirt smeared over a surface; 「だらけ」 also covers things scattered everywhere.

Examples

1. 石鹸だらけの手で私に触らないで。

   Don't touch me with your soapy hands.

2. 子どもたちは泥だらけになって帰ってきた。

   The children came home covered in mud.

3. 急いで書いたので、作文が間違いだらけだった。

   I wrote it in a rush, so my essay was full of mistakes.