- くわずぎらい
- [食わず嫌い] ¶→食わず嫌いである* * *くわずぎらい【食わず嫌い】¶ → 食わず嫌いである* * *くわずぎらい【食わず嫌い】〔食べ物の〕 a disliking for a certain food without ever having tasted it; 〔物事の〕 an instinctive [unjustified] aversion to….
●食わず嫌いである be unwilling to try 《a new dish》; be prejudiced 《against…》.
・これは本当においしいよ. 食わず嫌いはよくないな. This is really good! You shouldn't turn up your nose at foods without trying them, you know.
●それはまったく食わず嫌いというものだ. That is nothing but the prejudice of inexperience [ignorance].
・古典を食わず嫌いしている人が少なくない. Many people simply refuse out of hand to read the classics.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.