食わず嫌い
くわずぎらい
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
Meaning
- disliking a certain food without having tried it
- disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
Example sentences
チキンは食べられない、というけど、単なる食わず嫌いじゃないの。
You can't eat chicken? How do you know if you never try it?
トムはキウイを食わず嫌いしている。
Even though Tom has never even tried eating one, he says he doesn't like kiwifruit.
食わず嫌いで寿司を敬遠する人もいますが、何度か食べるうちに「寿司の虜になった」という人も結構多いですよ。
There are those who distance themselves from sushi without having ever tried it, but there are also a fair number of people who have "Become captive to sushi" having only tried it a few times.