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おちゃをにごす
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, す)
Idiomatic
1. to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
Alt. forms
お茶ちゃを濁にごす
96%
お茶ちゃをにごす
2%
御お茶ちゃを濁にごす
おちゃをにごす
Conjugations...
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
Composed of
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about