JLPT N2Idioms
鯖を読む
- Meaning
- 数や年齢などをごまかして実際と違う数字を言う
- Explanation
- 「鯖を読む」means to misrepresent a number, age, etc., as different from what it actually is. The key point is not the literal meaning like c2 "to judge the freshness of fish," but rather conveniently fudging a number.
Original Japanese explanation
「鯖を読む」は、数や年齢などを実際とは違うようにごまかして言うことです。c2「魚の鮮度を見極める」のような字義どおりの意味ではなく、都合よく数をごまかす点が要点です。
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