Vocab Info
N1 Expression
食わず嫌いdisliking a certain food without having tried it, disliking something without having tried it, prejudiced against, aversion without even trying
Dictionary Definition
Expression
1.
disliking a certain food without having tried it
2.
disliking something without having tried it, being prejudiced against, having an instinctive aversion to
All Forms
食わず嫌い 【くわずぎらい】、食わずぎらい 【くわずぎらい】
Details
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Examples
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食わず嫌いは勿体無いです。
Disliking something without having tried it is a waste.
- N1
食わず嫌いでパソコンを嫌がる老人が沢山います。
There are many elderly people who have an aversion to computers without having tried them.
- N1
娘はコーンが嫌いだと言っているが、食わず嫌いだろう。
My daughter says she dislikes corn, but it's probably just a case of disliking it without even trying it.
- N1
久しぶりに苺を食べたら美味しかった。苺嫌いは食わず嫌いだったようだ。
When I had strawberries for the first time in a long time, they were delicious. It seems my dislike of strawberries was just prejudice against them.
- N1
食わず嫌いは勿体無いよとばかりに母は私にトマトを食べるように説得してきた。
As if to say that disliking food without trying it is a waste, my mother kept trying to persuade me to eat tomatoes.
- N1
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