Proverbs & idioms

Japanese proverbs (ことわざ), four-character idioms (四字熟語), and idioms — from JMdict.

• 口から生まれるくちからうまれるto be of an overly talkative disposition since birth; to be born mouth first
• 口が回るくちがまわるto speak fluently; to be a good talker
• 口が滑るくちがすべるto make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
• 口にのぼせるくちにのぼせるto talk about (something)
• 口に蜜あり腹に剣ありくちにみつありはらにけんありhoney in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt
• 口も八丁手も八丁くちもはっちょうてもはっちょうboth eloquent and skilled
• 口をきくくちをきくto speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)