何なにかというと

expression

at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; on the slightest pretext

Used when someone habitually does something at every possible occasion, often with a critical or exasperated tone. Implies the action is triggered by even minor events.

• 彼かれは何なにかというと文もん句くを言いう。

  He complains at every opportunity.

• 何なにかというとすぐに泣なく子こだった。

  She was a child who would cry at the drop of a hat.