JLPT N2Four-character idioms

異口同音

Meaning
多くの人が口をそろえて同じことを言うこと
Explanation
「異口同音」 means that the same words come out of different mouths (many people), expressing that a large number of people say the same thing in unison. It is used in situations describing agreement of opinions. c1 and c3, which take 「異口」 as a foreign language or words of a foreign country, have the direction of reading wrong.
Original Japanese explanation

「異口同音」は、異なる口(多くの人)から同じ言葉が出る意で、大勢が口をそろえて同じことを言うことを表します。意見が一致する様子を述べる場面で使います。「異口」を外国語や異国の言葉と取ったc1・c3は読みの方向を誤っています。

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