口同鼻拗 [－－－－]

Jyutping hau2 tung4 bei6 aau3
Pinyin kǒu tóng bí ǎo

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    爭拗​兩邊​各​執一辭​，​難辨​誰​是​誰​非​。
    different parties hold to their own argument, the truth is hard to clarify.
    • 呢單嘢甲推俾乙，乙推俾丙，丙又推返俾甲，但佢哋之間只係口頭應承又無書面證明，咁樣即係口同鼻拗，追問落去都唔會有結果㗎啦。
      呢单嘢甲推俾乙，乙推俾丙，丙又推返俾甲，但佢哋之间只系口头应承又无书面证明，咁样即系口同鼻拗，追问落去都唔会有结果㗎啦。
      ni1 daan1 je5 gaap3 teoi1 bei2 jyut6, jyut6 teoi1 bei2 bing2, bing2 jau6 teoi1 faan1 bei2 gaap3, daan6 keoi5 dei6 zi1 gaan1 zi2 hai6 hau2 tau4 jing1 sing4 jau6 mou5 syu1 min2 zing3 ming4, gam2 joeng2 zik1 hai6 hau2 tung4 bei6 aau3, zeoi1 man6 lok6 heoi3 dou1 m4 wui3 jau5 git3 gwo2 gaa3 laa1.
      A pushes the issue to B, B pushes it to C, then C pushes it back to A, but they have only oral agreement but no paper work to prove, everyone holds to their own statement, there's seems to be no truth can be found.
  2. 語句
    口同​鼻爭執​，​比喻​內​部​嘅​無​謂​嘅​爭​執
    （literally: mouth arguing with nose）a pointless argument; to argue over nothing.
  3. 近義詞
    各執一辭、羅生門

口同鼻拗 [－－－－]

Jyutping hau2 tung4 bei6 ngaau3
Pinyin kǒu tóng bí ǎo

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. both sides arguing with no backup or reasoning (spoken)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢单嘢甲推俾乙，乙推俾丙，丙又推返俾甲，但佢哋之间只系口头应承又无书面证明，咁样即系口同鼻拗，追问落去都唔会有结果㗎啦。
    呢單嘢甲推俾乙，乙推俾丙，丙又推返俾甲，但佢哋之間只係口頭應承又無書面證明，咁樣即係口同鼻拗，追問落去都唔會有結果㗎啦。
    ni1 daan1 je5 gaap3 teoi1 bei2 jyut6, jyut6 teoi1 bei2 bing2, bing2 jau6 teoi1 faan1 bei2 gaap3, daan6 keoi5 dei6 zi1 gaan1 zi2 hai6 hau2 tau4 jing1 sing4 jau6 mou5 syu1 min2 zing3 ming4, gam2 joeng2 zik1 hai6 hau2 tung4 bei6 aau3, zeoi1 man6 lok6 heoi3 dou1 m4 wui3 jau5 git3 gwo2 gaa3 laa1.
    • A pushes the issue to B, B pushes it to C, then C pushes it back to A, but they have only oral agreement but no paper work to prove, everyone holds to their own statement, there's seems to be no truth can be found.