bite tongue



bite one's tongue

 
1. Lit. to bite down on one's tongue by accident. Ouch! I bit my tongue!
2. Fig. to struggle not to say something that you really want to say. I had to bite my tongue to keep from telling her what I really thought. I sat through that whole silly conversation biting my tongue.
See also: bite, tongue

bite your tongue

to stop yourself from speaking his lack of reply seemed to indicate that he was angry and was biting his tongue.
See also: bite, tongue

bite your tongue

to stop yourself from saying something because it would be better not to, even if you would like to say it I really wanted to tell her what I thought of him but I had to bite my tongue.
See also: bite, tongue

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aleta-English
Makotomah-ko-toJapanese
Gid'on-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
AmbroŻY-Polish (Rare)
BaalBAY-əl (English), BAYL (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Romanrah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German