縁えん起ぎでもない

expression, i-adjective

ill-omened; unlucky; tempting fate

Used to scold someone for saying something that might bring bad luck, or to describe an inauspicious remark or situation. Often in the phrase 縁起でもないことを言う.

• そんな縁えん起ぎでもないこと言いわないでよ。

  Don't say such an unlucky thing.

• 葬そう式しきの話はなしをするなんて縁えん起ぎでもない。

  Talking about funerals is tempting fate.