tongues wag



tongues wag

People are gossiping. For example, Tongues wagged when another police car was parked in front of their house, or Their arrival in a stretch limousine set the neighbors' tongues wagging. This metaphoric expression transfers the rapid movement of the tongue to idle or indiscreet chatter. [Late 1500s]
See also: tongue, wag

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Plouton-Greek Mythology
Mavutomah-VOO-toSouthern African, Chewa
Djordje-Serbian
AviceAY-visEnglish (Rare)
Omer‘om-ERHebrew
Gottschalk-German (Archaic)