山やまと言いえば川かわ

expression

always contradicting what other people say

Idiomatic expression describing someone who habitually takes the opposite position, like saying 'river' when someone else says 'mountain'. Used for a contrarian or argumentative person.

• 彼かれは山やまと言いえば川かわというタイプで、何なんでも反はん対たいする。

  He's the type who always contradicts—if you say 'mountain,' he says 'river.'

• 会かい議ぎで山やまと言いえば川かわのような発はつ言げんばかりする。

  In meetings, he only makes contradictory remarks, like saying 'river' when someone says 'mountain.'