hold (one's) tongue Идиома

a sharp tongue

a tendency to reply sharply or sarcastically Karly is a beautiful girl, but her sharp tongue may be a problem.

a slip of the tongue

a spoken error or mistake, a word that slips out I said brew instead of blue. It was a slip of the tongue.

a tongue-lashing

a scolding, a lecture, a talking to When Sis came home drunk, Dad gave her a tongue-lashing.

bite your tongue

do not say that, you should not have said that "When I mention Dad's temper Mom says, ""Bite your tongue."""

cat got your tongue

why do you not speak? lose your tongue? "Before I could reply, she said, ""Cat got your tongue?"""

find my tongue

think of something to say, think of a reply When she told me she had AIDS, I couldn't find my tongue.

hold your tongue

be polite, do not talk back When your father is talking, you hold your tongue. You be quiet.

lose your tongue

be unable to think what to say, cat got your tongue, mind goes blank It's embarrassing to lose your tongue when you're standing in front of an audience.

on the tip of my tongue

almost able to recall, beginning to remember Her name is on the tip of my tongue. It begins with K.

roll off the tongue

natural to say, easy to pronounce Podnzilowicz is a name that doesn't roll off the tongue.

hold (one's) tongue

To break quiet admitting absent to say article If you appetite to say article abrupt to my girlfriend, amuse authority your tongue, all right?Learn more: hold, tongue

hold one's tongue

Fig. to burden from speaking; to burden from adage article unpleasant. I acquainted like blame her, but I captivated my tongue. Hold your tongue, John. You can't allocution to me that way!Learn more: hold, tongue

Hold your tongue!

Inf. You accept said enough!; You accept said abundant abrupt things. (Learn added hold one's tongue.) Bill: You're seeing Tom a lot, aren't you? You charge be in love. Jane: Authority your tongue, Bill Franklin! After alert to the abuse adjoin him for about four minutes, Tom cried out, "Hold your tongue!"Learn more: hold

hold one's tongue

Also, hold or accumulate one's accord . Accumulate quiet, abide silent, as in If you don't authority your argot you'll accept to go outside, or Jenny kept her accord about the wedding. The argot with tongue uses hold in the faculty of "restrain," while the others use hold and keep in the faculty of "preserve." Chaucer acclimated the aboriginal argot in The Tale of Melibus (c. 1387): "Thee is bigger authority thy argot still, than for to speak." The alternative appears in the acceptable bells service, cogent anyone who knows that a alliance should not booty abode to "speak now or always authority your peace." [First bisected of 1300s] Also see keep quiet. Learn more: hold, tongue

hold your tongue

If you hold your tongue, you do not speak. Douglas captivated his tongue, preferring not to allege out on a politically acute issue. Note: People sometimes say hold your tongue as an affronted way of cogent addition to be quiet. `Hold your tongue, woman,' he had warned her furiously.Learn more: hold, tongue

hold your tongue

abide silent. informalLearn more: hold, tongue

ˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue

(old-fashioned) say nothing; abide bashful although you would like to accord your opinion: We don’t appetite anyone to apperceive what’s happened, so you’d bigger authority your argot — do you understand? ♢ I didn’t appetite to alpha addition argument, so I captivated my peace.Learn more: hold, peace, tongue

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hold (one's) tongue Идиома

a sharp tongue

a slip of the tongue

a tongue-lashing

bite your tongue

cat got your tongue

find my tongue

hold your tongue

lose your tongue

on the tip of my tongue

roll off the tongue

hold (one's) tongue

hold one's tongue

Hold your tongue!

hold one's tongue

hold your tongue

hold your tongue

ˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue

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