to prevaricate お茶を濁す [おちゃをにごす] /(exp,v5s) (1) to be evasive/to give an evasive answer/(2) to speak ambiguously/to prevaricate/(3) to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation/(4) to make do with/EntL2102530X/ ------- 濁す [にごす] /(v5s,vt) (1) to make muddy (a liquid)/to make cloudy/to make turbid/to roil/(2) (See お茶を濁す・2) to prevaricate/to speak ambiguously/(P)/EntL1415930X/ |