漱そう石せき枕ちん流りゅう

noun

sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong

A yojijukugo describing someone who, even when clearly defeated, makes excuses or twists logic to avoid admitting fault. Rare and literary; not used in everyday conversation.

• 彼かれは議ぎ論ろんに負まけても漱そう石せき枕ちん流りゅうで、決けっして自じ分ぶんの非ひを認みとめない。

  Even when he loses an argument, he's a sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit he's wrong.