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贅沢を言うぜいたくを言う
ぜいたくをいう
1. [exp,v5u] [id]
▶ to ask for too much
▶ to expect too much
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1573150 贅沢【ぜいたく】 4. excessive (e.g. demands, expectations)

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2019-10-20 22:13:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
贅沢を言う	9357
ぜいたくをいう	88
ぜいたくを言う	369
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+<keb>ぜいたくを言う</keb>
2. A 2019-02-15 11:20:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 贅沢を言う ask too much; expect [want, wish for] too much; wish for more than one's due
1. A* 2019-02-15 10:57:14  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
贅沢を言う	9357
”■ ask too much – – 贅沢を言う、無い物ねだり
をする、高望みをする、要求が多過ぎる

ぜいたく言うな。そんなに欲張るなよ。
Don’t ask for too much!”
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