take the bit in (one's) mouth Idiom, Proverb

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

bad-mouth

say bad things about someone The football players are always bad-mouthing their coach.

bad taste in my mouth

(See a bad taste in my mouth)

badmouth

criticize, say bad things about, put down Don't badmouth employers. Don't criticize your references.

big mouth

someone who talks too loud, loud mouth Every crowd has a big mouth - some guy who yells at the cops.

blabbermouth

a very talkative person--especially one who says things that

born with a silver spoon in his mouth

born into a rich family, accustomed to wealth "Jason won't look for a job; he was born with a silver spoon... ."

butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

he is very calm and clear, he is a smooth talker When he's talking to voters, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

by word of mouth

by one person speaking to another, person to person, through the grapevine News of his birth traveled by word of mouth. Soon everyone knew that Mary had a baby boy.

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

do not be critical of a gift, be grateful for a gift Don't evaluate a gift. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

take the bit in (one's) mouth

To do or activate accomplishing article with decisive, absolute resolve. A advertence to a horse that is no best beneath the rider's ascendancy because the bit (part of the accoutrement acclimated to adviser it) is out of abode in its mouth. You accept such potential, Sophie—if you anytime aloof took the bit in your mouth, you'd be one of the top acceptance in this class. Rather than abject to the president's accessible frustrations, the advocate accepted has taken the bit in his aperture and apprenticed on with the bent investigation.Learn more: bit, mouth, take

take the bit in one's mouth

Also, take the bit amid one's teeth. Throw off restraints and advance on a abrupt course, booty control. For example, My accomplice took the bit in his aperture and bid a admirable slam, or Jane took the bit amid her teeth and now there's no endlessly her. This argot alludes to the bit, the metal advocate of a check whereby a addition controls a horse. [c. 1600] Learn more: bit, mouth, take

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