警けい句くを吐はく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

make a witty remark; come out with a bon mot

Used for delivering a clever, epigrammatic, or aphoristic statement, often in conversation or writing.

• 彼かれは会かい話わの合あい間まに警けい句くを吐はくのが得とく意いだ。

  He is good at dropping witty remarks into conversation.

• 作さっ家かはインタビューでいくつか警けい句くを吐はいた。

  The writer came out with several bons mots during the interview.