食くわず嫌ぎらい

expression, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', na-adjective

disliking a food without trying it

Literally 'dislike without eating'; used for someone who refuses to eat something based on appearance or preconception rather than taste.

• 彼かれは食くわず嫌ぎらいで、納なっ豆とうを見みただけで嫌いやがる。

  He has a prejudice against natto and dislikes it just by looking at it, without ever having tried it.

expression, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', na-adjective

prejudice against something untried; aversion without experience

Extended figurative use: rejecting or disliking something (a person, idea, activity, etc.) without giving it a fair chance.

• 食くわず嫌ぎらいをせずに、まずはやってみてください。

  Don't knock it till you've tried it; please give it a try first.

• 彼かれはクラシック音おん楽がくに食くわず嫌ぎらいで、一いち度ども聴きいたことがないのに嫌きらっている。

  He has a prejudice against classical music and dislikes it without ever having listened to it.