bắt bẻ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To pick holes in / to find fault with: To criticize someone by focusing on minor mistakes or flaws in their argument, statement, or work.
- To object / to raise objections: To point out perceived errors or weaknesses, often in a nitpicking or overly critical manner.
- To quibble / to cavil: To argue or complain about small, unimportant details.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Không ai bắt bẻ vào đâu được nữa, vì lý lẽ đã rõ ràng. (Nobody can pick holes in it anymore, for the arguments are clear enough.)
- Anh ấy có thói quen bắt bẻ người khác. (He has a habit of finding fault with others.)
- Không thể nào bắt bẻ được lập luận đó. (It is impossible to find fault with that argument.)
Advanced Usage
- "hay bắt bẻ": to be captious, to be fond of finding fault, to be nitpicky.
- Ông ấy là người hay bắt bẻ. (He is a captious person / a person fond of finding fault.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bắt lỗi (v): to catch a mistake, to point out an error.
- Chỉ trích (v): to criticize (a more general term).
- Phản bác (v): to refute, to rebut (often more formal or substantive).
Synonyms
- Nitpick: to criticize insignificant details.
- Carp: to complain or find fault continually.
- Hypercriticize: to criticize with excessive detail or severity.
Related Idioms
- Bắt bẻ từng câu từng chữ: to nitpick every single word and sentence; to quibble over wording.
- Đừng bắt bẻ từng câu từng chữ như thế. (Don't quibble over every single word like that.)
verb
- To pick holes in someone's coat
- không ai bắt bẻ vào đâu được nữa, vì lý lẽ đã rõ ràngnobody can pick holes, for the arguments are clear enough
- hay bắt bẻto be captious, to be fond of finding fault