All you do is string together a bunch of farfetched ideas. I can't understand a word of it.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I find just the memory of his overly polite patronizing manner really offensive.

Such an abstract argument does not go down with us.

No amount of reasoning has any effect on them.

It is for me to dictate to you, but won't a hundred yen do?

If you cannot understand good advise, you cannot obey it.

He knows what is what, though what he says sometimes seems unfocus(s)ed.

Mere cleverness without sound principles does not count for anything [much].

You should not use that expression. It's loaded with negative connotations.

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously but that's easier said than done.

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.

But for language, there would be no thought.

There are things I'd like to say but to butt in now would be what they call uncouth.

No matter how much you hear it from other people or read books, you won't be able to understand.

That sounds reasonable, to be sure, but do you think everybody will agree to it?

It's hard to say this without sounding like I'm disagreeing with you, but let me be upfront about it.

We cannot understand others completely and we will not be understood completely by anyone.

That's what they call 'prejudice'! It's wrong to make your mind up on something you've never experienced!

Clever commercials only leave you with the punch line.

He spoke so little to the purpose that he had better have left it undone.

He might give me the required information without making a big deal out of it.

It is not for me to dictate to you, but won't ten yen do?

You should ignore what he says.

However much the container is the best in Japan, if the contents are third class then isn't it completely meaningless?

All things considered, we cannot say that it is wrong.

Actions speak louder than words. Stop complaining and do it.

The container may be the best in Japan, but if the contents are third class, then isn't it completely meaningless?

Wanting to improve your expressiveness, but not wanting to express it is a contradiction from the beginning.

Well, you'll find out that after you cross. If I give too much away right from the start it won't be so interesting.

Practical jokes will not be accepted as an excuse there.

Even if the opinions of others can be suppressed, I cannot imagine to what results my speech may lead.