二枚舌 (nimaijita) Japanese meaning: double-dealing | Kotomoraは
二
枚
舌
を
使
う
から
信
用
でき
ない
。
He can't be trusted because he speaks with a forked tongue.
I'm fed up with that politician's double-dealing.
Usage patterns
二枚舌を使うto speak with a forked tongue; to tell contradictory stories to different people
He's untrustworthy because he tells different people contradictory things.
二枚舌を弄するto resort to duplicitous speech (formal/literary)
The politician was criticized for resorting to double-talk.
二枚舌のようだto be like double-dealing; to sound two-faced
That explanation sounds two-faced—it changes every time you hear it.
