揚げ足を取る to find fault with someone
Japanese Idiom with Video:
揚げ足を取る – to find fault with someone
揚げ足を取る
- to find fault with someone
- 原田さんは人の揚げ足ばかり取るので、楽しい会話ができない。
- Since Harada is always making fun of the mistakes of others, it is hard to have a pleasant conversation.
Vocabulary
- 原田さん – Harada (a common Japanese family name)
- は – (the topic marker–sets “Harada” as the main topic of the sentence.)
- 人の – people’s [here it means “other people’s”]
- ばかり – nothing but; always (picking on others)
- ので – that being the case; because of
- 楽しい – fun; enjoyable
- 会話 – conversation
- が – (the subject marker–sets “an enjoyable conversation” as what can’t be done.)
- できない – can’t; can’t be done
