お茶を濁す
Meaning: To dodge a question with a vague, evasive answer.
Language: Japanese
Literally: To muddy the tea
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: An amateur clumsily stirring up cloudy tea to mimic the real tea ceremony pictures someone faking their way past a hard question.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Encher linguiça — To pad something out with filler to take up space or time.
- Met de neus in de boter vallen — To arrive at exactly the right, lucky moment.
- 미역국을 먹다 — To fail an exam.
- Lägga rabarber på något — To claim or grab something for yourself.
- Nu har du satt din sista potatis — You've done your last misdeed; you're finished.
- Bułka z masłem — Something very easy; a piece of cake.
More Japanese idioms
- 朝飯前 — A task so easy it can be done before eating.
- 二階から目薬 — A roundabout effort that has no real effect.
- 喉から手が出る — To want something so badly you can hardly bear it.
- 棚から牡丹餅 — An unexpected stroke of good luck.
- 七転び八起き — To keep getting up no matter how often you fall.
- 月とすっぽん — Two things alike at a glance but worlds apart.
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