Frequency rank: 13,330. – 13,368.
- to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'u' ending
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- to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
This phrase is used when someone is making a request that is difficult or unreasonable for others to fulfill. It's often employed when the speaker realizes that their request may be too much to ask.
I ended up asking him for an unreasonable favor.
Please don't make such an unreasonable request.
Generated collocations (experimental)
むりをゆう無理を言うto ask a big favourむりをいわないで無理を言わないでくださいplease don't be unreasonableむりをいう無理を言うことto make unreasonable requestsむり無理をしょうち承知でknowing it's unreasonableむりをいって無理を言ってもうしわけない申し訳ないI apologize for asking something unreasonableむりをいう無理を言うのはよくないit's not good to be unreasonableむりをゆう無理を言うなdon't ask unreasonable thingsすこし少しむりをゆう無理を言うto ask something slightly unreasonable