English Dictionary

put words in someone's mouth

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To say or imply that someone has made a statement or remark which they did not precisely or directly make.

日本語の意味

他人が実際には発言していないことを、あたかもその人が言ったかのように示唆・主張すること / 本人の意図や実際の発言と異なる発言を、あたかも本人が行ったかのように伝えること

Please don't put words in someone's mouth when summarizing their remarks.

発言を要約する際に、相手が実際には言っていないことを勝手に言ったことにしないでください。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To say or imply that someone has made a statement or remark which they did not precisely or directly make.

Let not anger or grief for the absence of thy lover make thee unjust to thy kinsman. . . . The absence of my lover? said the Lady Edith, But yes, he may be well termed my lover, who hath paid so dear for the title. Unworthy as I might be of such homage, I was to him like a light, leading him forward in the noble path of chivalry; but that I forgot my rank, or that he presumed beyond his, is false. . . . My fair cousin, said Richard, do not put words in my mouth which I have not spoken. I said not you had graced this man beyond the favour which a good knight may earn.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating the individual.

The defense has contended that the detectives used psychological threats to get Mr. Crimmins to make certain admissions and that they put words in his mouth.

puts words in someone's mouth （ present singular third-person ）

putting words in someone's mouth （ participle present ）

put words in someone's mouth （ participle past ）

put words in someone's mouth （ past ）