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bite your tongue | hold your tongue
Meaning: If you bite your tongue, or hold your tongue, you force yourself not to say something you really want to to say.
For example:
- I wanted to tell Carlos he was being stupid, but I bit my tongue and just sat there.
- You're going to have to learn to hold your tongue instead of saying whatever comes into your head.
Quick Quiz:
You really have to hold your tongue, or bite your tongue, when you're being spoken to by
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