找借口

to look for a pretext

to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

variant of 借[jie4]

to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext

to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls