塗炭の苦しみをなめる
fall into [be in] great misery
【形式ばった表現】 suffer [be in] the direst distress
【形式ばった表現】 undergo unspeakable suffering.
the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
misery resulting from affliction
悩み苦しむこと
suffering in terms of both agony and disaster