"put words in your mouth" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 曲解你的意思
• 捏造你說的話

Definition

指說某人說了其實並未說過的話，通常是曲解或誤解對方的意思。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常在爭論或澄清時使用，用來表達對方曲解了你的意思。常見說法如：‘不要曲解我的話’。此語帶口語色彩，中性語氣。

Examples

Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said that.

請不要**曲解我的意思**。我從沒說過那句話。

He didn't want to put words in her mouth, so he let her explain herself.

他不想**捏造她說的話**，所以讓她自己解釋。

Stop trying to put words in my mouth. That wasn’t my opinion.

別再**曲解我的意思**了。那不是我的看法。

"I never said I hated it! Don’t put words in my mouth," she protested.

「我從沒說我討厭它！別**曲解我的意思**！」她抗議道。

If you keep putting words in my mouth, this conversation is going nowhere.

你一直在**曲解我說的話**，我們根本談不下去了。

Look, I know what I said. Don't try to put words in my mouth just to win the argument.

看，我清楚自己說了什麼。別為了贏爭論就**曲解我的話**。