- in the same breath; hardly had the words been saidsee also 舌の根の乾かぬうち【したのねのかわかぬうち】
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
This expression is used to indicate that something was said or promised immediately before another action, highlighting the impossibility or contradiction of the two events happening so closely together.
Generated collocations (experimental)
したのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにin the same breath; hardly had the words been saidしたのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにやくそく約束するto make a promise in the same breathしたのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにはなす話すto speak hardly after saying the wordsしたのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにうそをつく嘘をつくto tell a lie hardly after saying the wordsしたのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにいけん意見をかえる変えるto change one's opinion in the same breathしたのね舌の根もかわか乾かぬうちにひはん批判するto criticize hardly after the words were said
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