- 言葉尻
- ことばじり【言葉尻】¶ → 言葉尻をとらえる* * *ことばじり【言葉尻】
●言葉尻をとらえる[つかまえる] catch sb out (in what he says); use sb's words to trip him up; 〔あげ足をとる〕 trip sb up
・人の言葉尻をとらえるのはよせ. Quit [Stop, None of] picking on what people say. | Stop trying to catch me out.
・言葉尻を濁す give 《a sentence》 a vague ending; leave the exact meaning hanging in the air.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.