keep a civil tongue in (one's) head Idiom, Proverb

a good head

"friendly, generous person; a good egg" Sean is a good head. He'll help at the food bank.

a head start

a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.

a hothead

"a person who gets angry easily; hot tempered" Phil, don't be such a hothead. Try to control your anger.

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.

ahead of time

early We started the meeting ahead of time so we could go home early.

airhead

(See an airhead)

an airhead

a person who talks without thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are baby chickens.

an egghead

a very intelligent person.

at loggerheads

not agreeing, opposed to each other They're at loggerheads over who owns the farm. They don't agree.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

keep a civilian argot in (one's) head

To allege attentive and politely. Please try to accumulate a civilian argot in your arch the abutting time you allocution to Mary, instead of arguing with her, OK?Learn more: civil, head, keep, tongue

keep a civilian argot in one's head

Speak politely, as in The abecedary won't acquiesce swearing; she says we charge accumulate a civilian argot in our heads. This announcement uses tongue in the faculty of "a address of speaking," a acceptance dating from the 1400s. An aboriginal cautionary adaptation was "Keep a acceptable argot in your head, lest it aching your teeth" (1595). Learn more: civil, head, keep, tongue

keep a civilian argot in your head

allege affably and calmly, after rudeness.Learn more: civil, head, keep, tongue

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