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口車に乗る

くちぐるまにのる

to be taken in by sweet talk

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Examples

  1. 口車に乗って契約してしまった。

    くちぐるまにのってけいやくしてしまった。

    I was talked into signing the contract.

  2. 彼の口車に乗るな。

    かれのくちぐるまにのるな。

    Don't fall for his smooth talk.

  3. うまい話の口車に乗って、大金を失った。

    うまいはなしのくちぐるまにのって、たいきんをうしなった。

    I fell for a too-good-to-be-true pitch and lost a fortune.

Common patterns

口車に乗せられる
to be taken in by smooth talk
口車に乗せる
to talk someone into something
うまい話に乗る
to fall for a too-good offer

Memory tip

You climb aboard someone's 'talk-wheeled cart' and it carries you off. The victim's side is 口車に乗る; the smooth talker's side is 口車に乗せる, so watch which one the sentence needs.

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