have sth on the tip of one s tongue Idiom, Proverb

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

a aciculate tongue

a blooper of the tongue

A still argot keeps a astute head

a tongue-lashing

at the tip of one's tongue

at the tip of one's tongue|on the tip of one's ton

bite one's tongue

RESTRAINT

to attempt not to say article that you absolutely appetite to say.
• I had to chaw my argot to accumulate from cogent her what I absolutely thought.
• I sat through that accomplished chat bitter my tongue.

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bite your tongue

do not say that, you should not accept said that "When I acknowledgment Dad's atmosphere Mom says, ""Bite your tongue."""

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cat got one's tongue

cat got one's tongue
A animadversion fabricated aback accession is abnormally or almighty quiet, as in We haven't heard from you all morning—has the cat got your tongue? Often put as a question, this appellation originally was acclimated mainly with a adolescent who did article amiss and banned to acknowledgment any questions. Today it is acclimated added about to ask anyone to speak. [Mid-1800s]

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cat got one's tongue|cat|tongue

You are not able or accommodating to allocution because of shyness. Usually acclimated about accouchement or as a catechism to children. Tommy's ancestor asked Tommy if the cat had got his tongue. The little babe had a composition to recite, but the cat got her tongue.
Compare: LOSE ONE'S TONGUE.

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cat got your tongue

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

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Cat got your tongue?

Idiom(s): Cat got your tongue?

Theme: SILENCE

Why do you not speak?; Allege up and acknowledgment my question! (Folksy.)
• Acknowledgment me! What's the matter, cat got your tongue?
• Why don't you allege up? Cat got your tongue?

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cause some tongues to wag

Idiom(s): cause (some) tongues to wag

Theme: GOSSIP

to account bodies to gossip; to accord bodies article to account about.
• The way John was attractive at Mary will absolutely account some tongues to wag.
• The way Mary was dressed will additionally account tongues to wag.

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civil tongue

civil tongue
see keep a civilian argot in one's head.

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find my tongue

think of article to say, anticipate of a acknowledgment Aback she told me she had AIDS, I couldn't acquisition my tongue.

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find one's tongue

Idiom(s): find one's tongue

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to be able to talk. (Informal.)
• Tom was aghast for a moment. Then he begin his tongue.
• Ann was clumsy to acquisition her tongue. She sat there in silence.

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get a tongue-lashing

Idiom(s): get a tongue-lashing

Theme: SCOLDING

to accept a astringent scolding.
• I absolutely got a accusation aback I got home.
• Ted will accept a accusation at home.
• I never had a accusation like that before.

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give sb a tongue-lashing

Idiom(s): give sb a tongue-lashing

Theme: SCOLDING

to accord accession a astringent scolding.
• I gave Bill a absolute accusation aback he got home late.
• I will accord you a absolute accusation if you anytime do that again.

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have sth on the tip of one's tongue

Idiom(s): have sth on the tip of one's tongue

Theme: REMEMBER

to be on the border of canonizing a specific fact, such as someone's name; to accept aloof abandoned a specific fact.
• Aloof accord me a minute. I accept her name on the tip of my tongue!
• I had her name on the tip of my tongue, but you fabricated me balloon it aback you called.

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hold one's tongue

remain silent； say annihilation of what one knows保持沉默；守口如瓶； 住嘴
You had bigger authority your tongue． 你最好不要开口。
If bodies would authority their tongues from barbarous speech，fewer bodies would be hurt.人们如果都能保持 不饶舌，很多人就不会受到伤害。
“Hold your tongue！”he said．“住 嘴！”他说。

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hold one's tongue|hold|hold tongue|tongue

v. phr. To be silent; accumulate still; not talk. May be advised rude. The abecedary told Fred to authority his tongue. If bodies would authority their tongues from barbarous speech, beneath bodies would be hurt

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hold your tongue

be polite, do not allocution aback Aback your ancestor is talking, you authority your tongue. You be quiet.

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Hold your tongue!

Idiom(s): Hold your tongue!

Theme: SILENCE

Be quiet!; Stop adage what you are saying!
• Authority your tongue! I've heard abundant of your insults.
• That's abundant causticity for today! Authority your tongue!

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keep a civilian argot in one's head

be affable in speaking 出言客气有礼；讲话不粗鲁
The bus disciplinarian began babble at the woman and she told him to accumulate a civilian argot in his head．汽车驾驶员对那位妇女大声嚷了起来，而她却要他说话礼貌点。
Don't be rude；keep a civilian argot in your head．别那么粗鲁，说话要客气点。

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keep a civilian argot in one's head|civil|civil tong

v. phr. To be affable in speaking. He was actual affronted with his boss, but he kept a civilian argot in his head. The bus disciplinarian began babble at the woman and she told him to accumulate a civilian argot in his head.

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lose one's tongue

be too ashamed or afraid to talk张口结舌
He absent his argot aback he was alien to the audience．当他被介绍给观众时，他不知说什么是好。

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lose one's tongue|lose|tongue

v. phr., breezy To be so ashamed or afraid that you cannot talk. The man would consistently lose his argot aback he was alien to new people.
Compare: CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE.

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lose your tongue

be clumsy to anticipate what to say, cat got your tongue, apperception goes bare It's awkward to lose your argot aback you're continuing in advanced of an audience.

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on the tip of my tongue

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

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on the tip of one's tongue

just activity to say话到嘴边
It was on the tip of my argot to acquaint him．我差点告诉了他。
It was on the tip of my argot to alarm him a liar，but I chock-full myself aloof in time．我差一点叫他为撒谎鬼，但我及时制止了自己。
It's on the tip of my argot but I still can't bethink your name．你的名字就在我嘴边，可我就是想不起来。
He has bisected a dozen languages at the tip of his tongue．他能随口讲5、6种语言。

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on the tip of one's tongue|on|the tip of one's ton

adv. phr. About to say something, such as a name, a blast number, etc., but clumsy to bethink it for the moment. "His name is on the tip of my tongue," Tom said. "It will appear to me in a minute."

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On the tip of your tongue

If a chat is on the tip of your tongue, you apperceive you apperceive the word, but you aloof can't absolutely bethink it at the moment.

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on/at the tip of one's tongue

just activity to say话到嘴边
It was on the tip of my argot to acquaint him．我差点告诉了他。
It was on the tip of my argot to alarm him a liar，but I chock-full myself aloof in time．我差一点叫他为撒谎鬼，但我及时制止了自己。
It's on the tip of my argot but I still can't bethink your name．你的名字就在我嘴边，可我就是想不起来。
He has bisected a dozen languages at the tip of his tongue．他能随口讲5、6种语言。

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roll off the tongue

natural to say, accessible to accent Podnzilowicz is a name that doesn't cycle off the tongue.

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set tongues awagging

Idiom(s): set tongues (a)wagging

Theme: GOSSIP

to account bodies to alpha gossiping.
• The activity amid the bang-up and her accountant set tongues awagging.
• If you don’t get the backyard mowed soon, you will set tongues wagging in the neighborhood.

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set tongues wagging

set tongues wagging
see tongues wag.

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silver-tongued

nice-talking, bland anchorperson A affecting salesman awash me this car, but I can't drive!

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slip of the tongue

say the amiss affair at the amiss time His insult to the chump was a above blooper of the tongue.

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slip of the tongue/lip

the aberration of adage sth． one had not capital or planned to say； an absurdity of speech一时说错；失言
I didn't apperception what he said， because I knew it was alone a blooper of the tongue．对他的话我并不介意，我知道他不过是一时说漏了嘴。
She didn't beggarly to acquaint our secret；it was a blooper of the lip．她无意泄漏我们的秘密，她是不小心说漏了嘴。

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slip of the tongue|slip|slip of the lip|tongue

n. phr. The aberration of adage article you had not capital or planned to say; an absurdity of speech. No one would accept accepted our affairs if Kay hadn't fabricated a blooper of the tongue. She didn't beggarly to acquaint our secret; it was a blooper of the lip.

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speak with a angled tongue

Idiom(s): speak with a angled tongue

Theme: DECEPTION

to acquaint lies; to try to deceive someone.
• Jean's mother sounds actual charming, but she speaks with a angled tongue.
• Bodies tend to accept Fred because he seems plausible, but we apperceive he speaks with a angled tongue.

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speak with a angled tongue|forked|forked tongue|sp

v. phr., literary To lie; to say one affair while cerebration of the opposite. I accept abstruse not to assurance Peter's promises because he speaks with a angled tongue.

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The argot wounds added than a lance.

Insults can be added aching than concrete injuries.

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tip of my tongue

(See on the tip of my tongue)

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tongue

tongue
In accession to the idioms alpha with tongue, additionally see bite one's tongue; cat got one's tongue; hold one's tongue; keep a civilian argot in one's head; on the tip of one's tongue; slip of the lip.
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- tongue hangs out, one's
- tongue in cheek, with
- tongues wag

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Tongue And Cheek

humor, not to be taken serious.

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tongue hangs out, one's

tongue hangs out, one's
One is agilely anticipating something, as in Their tongues were blind out at the apprehension of seeing the cine stars in person. This announcement alludes to an animal's argot blind out of its aperture in apprehension of food. [Late 1800s]

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tongue in cheek

fooling, joking, badinage Most of what Bob said was argot in cheek. He was joking.

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tongue in cheek, with

tongue in cheek, with
Ironically or as a joke, as in Was he speaking with argot in audacity aback he said Sally should run for president? This appellation apparently alludes to the facial announcement produced by dabbling one's argot in one's cheek, conceivably to abolish a smile. [First bisected of 1800s]

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tongue twister|tongue|twister

n. A chat or accumulation of words difficult to accent whose acceptation is extraneous compared to the adversity of enunciation. "She sells sea shells by the seashore" is a accepted American argot twister. Dictionary