油を売る Sell Oil (slang: goof off when you should be working)

油を売る (あぶらう　)

slack off


油を売る abura o uru lit: sell oil (slang: goof off when you should be working)	油 abura oil 売る uru to sell	石油 seki yu - oil (black stuff) [I] 油田 yu den - oil field [A] サラダ油 sarada yu - salad (cooking) oil [I] 売り場 uri ba - market place [B] 売り切れ uri kire - sold out [B]

Joe, give me another one.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

ジョー、本当(ほんとう)に油(あぶら)をうっても、誰(だれ)も信(しん)じてくれませんよ

jo-, hontou ni abura o utte mo, dare mo shinjite kuremasen yo.
Joe, even when I truly sell oil, no one believes me!

ジョー jo- - Joe [The cliche bartender]
本当に hontou ni - really; truly [This is one of those "if you were lost in Japan with only 100 words" words]
誰も dare mo - nobody [the も is often added to show nothing: nanimo = nothing; itsumo = always (never a when)]
信じる shinjiru - trust; believe; have faith
信じてくれません shinjite kuremasen - won't believe [KUREMASEN actually means won't receive; won't receive belief
よ yo - emphatic

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