口をはさむ – Vocabulary details

口くちをはさむ

Meanings

Expression

Verb (5-dan, む)

1. to cut into (a conversation); to interject

Alt. forms

Kanji used

口

mouth

Conjugations...Used in: 491

Composed of

口くち

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

はさむ

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

横よこから口くちをはさむ

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

Examples (3 in total)

彼かれは私わたしたちのプライバシーに口くちをはさんだ。

He interfered in our private concerns.

だれかほかの人ひとと話はなしているとき口くちをはさむべきではない。

You should not interrupt when someone is talking to someone else.

ベスは人ひとの会かい話わに口くちをはさむ強つよい癖くせがあります。