英和和英

読み方 くちさき

名詞

The mouth; the lips; professions:（=の） mouth-; lip-

用例

• 彼は口先がうまい
  He is fair-spoken―smooth-tongued―He has a honeyed tongue.

• 口先ではうまいことを言う
  He makes fine profession
  His professions are very fine.
• 男の口先は当てにならぬ
  Men's professions are not to be trusted
  I do not believe a word of what men say.
• 彼は口先ばかりだ
  He is all talk and no deed.
• 口先ばかり強い
  “His bark is worse than his bite.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 江戸っ子は口先ばかり強い
  The Edokko is a barking dog.
• その名が口先まで出かかっていた
  His name was on the tip of my tongue.
• 口先の尊敬
  mouth-honour―lip-homage
• 口先の友人
  a mouth-friend
• 口先の宗教
  mouth-religion―lip-religion
• 口先の信者
  a lip-Christian
• 口先のお勤め
  lip-service