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bite your tongue

bite your tongue

Date: Aug 29 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Oh, bite your tongue!”
- Paulette (Kate Lansbury), responding to information that Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) wants to be heiress to the French throne, in the movie Ever After.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

stop yourself from talking or saying something; be quiet

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

When someone tells you to bite your tongue they are very strongly telling you to be quiet or to shut up.
Usually, this expression is used when talking about yourself, as in “I’m biting my tongue” or “I’m trying to bite my tongue.” This means that you really, really want to say something but you’re just going to be quiet. Maybe your parents are angry with you and you want to shout back at them. It’s probably best that you bite your tongue. Maybe your friend made you upset and you want to insult him or her. You can say something cruel or you can just bite your tongue.
To tell your friend that you really disagree with what someone else is saying and you want to say something in response, you can say “I’m trying to bite my tongue.”
For example, when my brother tells me that The Fast and the Furious is the best movie ever made, I have to bite my tongue.

Examples

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“I disagree with him but I’m going to bite my tongue.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

alulu0525 shut up!!
by alulu0525
It means to make a great effort to stop yourself saying what you really feel.
by Yanger
It's means "shut up"
by joy
Get real! Face the reality! When we bite our tongues we can feel the pang and it may makes us know about our reality.
by joanne
I think it means keep silence and don't say anything about that.
by sunnyxuany
stop speaking and close mouth
by dodo6
I think it means something like "Oh, don't be silly", because that is impossible.
by elizacol
try to keep the words ,try to hold your tongue while you want to tell somehing
by mary117
If you bite your toungue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say because it would be wrong to say it in the circumstances.
by guinguintw
i guess it means "think carefully before you say it."
by whjulia
puppyz stop saying something
by puppyz

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minmark

minmark

Taiwan

I disagree with him but I’m going to bite my tongue.”
...hmm… keep quiet…
maybe it`s a struggle for listener

04:32 AM Jan 05 2008 |

1 person likes this

M.JEYADAVADOSSAR

India

Oh God, now I want to bite my tongue.

06:47 PM Dec 27 2007 |

1 person likes this

amy2ff

China

I think I get it.

01:03 PM Dec 13 2007 |

Mercie

Kenya

lemmie bite my tongue

12:12 PM Nov 22 2007 |

universeyu

universeyu

China

keep slience and stop talking

03:32 AM Nov 18 2007 |

mmahfeli

mmahfeli

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

you consider the situation not suitable for expressing your idea.

11:22 PM Oct 08 2007 |

Felicia Qiu

China

good, it’s useful.

02:02 AM Sep 08 2005 |

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