へりくつ

へりくつ
[屁理屈] quibble
【C】逃げ口上, 言いのがれ, 屁理屈
sophistry
【C】《正式》[通例 ~ies] 詭弁(き/べん), こじつけ, 屁理屈
quiddity
【C】揚げ足取り, 屁理屈.
¶→屁理屈を言う
屁理屈
sophism
quibble
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へりくつ【屁理屈】
quibble
〖C〗逃げ口上, 言いのがれ, 屁理屈
sophistry
〖C〗《正式》[通例 ~ies] 詭弁(き/べん), こじつけ, 屁理屈
quiddity
〖C〗揚げ足取り, 屁理屈.
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へりくつ【屁理屈】
a pointless argument; quibbles; quips; quirks; a sophism; a cavil; an objection for objection's sake.

屁理屈を言う[並べる] quibble; chop logic; cavil 《at…》; raise frivolous objections 《to…》; argue for argument's sake

・彼はつまらないことに屁理屈を言う癖がある. He has a habit of theorizing about nothing.

・屁理屈をこねるな. Stop quibbling!

●そんなのは屁理屈だ. That's just a quibble about nothing.

屁理屈屋 a cavil(l)er; a sophist; a quibbler.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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