くちさき【口先】
- I〔口の端〕lips, a mouth;〔動物の〕a snout, a muzzle
- 彼女の名が口先まで出かかった
- Her name was on the tip of my tongue.
- II〔言葉〕
- 口先のうまい
- smooth-tongued/honey-tongued
- 彼の口先にかかるとたいていの人はだまされてしまう
- Almost everyone is taken in by his glib talk.
- 彼のは口先だけの賞賛だ
- His praise is just so much talk.
- 口先だけの言い訳
- 《文》 a specious excuse
- 彼らは女性の地位に口先だけの敬意を払っている
- They only pay lip service to women's status.
- あれは口先だけだから信じてはだめだよ
- He was just saying that. You mustn't believe him.
- 彼はいつも口先だけで「はい,はい」と言う
- He always says“Yes, yes”without meaning it.