ぐうの音

ぐうのね【ぐうの音】

¶ → ぐうの音も出ない

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ぐうのね【ぐうの音】

●ぐうの音も出ない be silenced; be lost for words; be completely nonplused

・ぐうの音も出ないようにする silence; floor; reduce sb to silence; beat sb all hollow; stump sb for an answer

・彼は動かぬ証拠を突きつけられてぐうの音も出なかった. When brought face to face with undeniable evidence, he was lost for anything to say.