由tongue組成的英語習慣用語

1. a tongue-lashing 斥責、訓斥

When I was ten years old, mother caught me smoking a cigarette in the backyard. She gave me such a tongue-lashing that I've never touched another cigarette all my life.

我十歲的時候躲在後院抽香煙時給媽媽抓到了。她狠狠地訓了我一頓，我一輩子再也沒碰過香煙。

2. on the tip of your tongue ……就在嘴邊

Her name is right on the tip of my tongue - Helen something or other, what is her last name!

她的名字就在我嘴邊，海倫什麼的，她姓什麼來着？

3. bite one's tongue 忍住不説

I really wanted to tell her what I thought of him but I had to bite my tongue.

我很想跟她説我對他的'看法，但是我還是忍住沒説。

4. find one's tongue 開口説話

She wanted to say something but couldn't find her tongue.

她想説話，但一時卻説不出來。

5. cause tongues to wag 使（人們）議論紛紛、説閒話

The way Mary was so scantily dressed will also cause tongues to wag.

瑪麗穿得那麼暴露，肯定會讓人説閒話的。

6. loosen one's tongue 酒後不自覺地説很多話（主語一般是酒）

The vodka really loosened her tongue and I found out exactly what happened that night.

喝了伏特加酒之後，她就開始話多了起來，我終於發現了那天晚上到底發生了什麼。

7. sharp tongue 説話尖利、刻薄

He has quite a sharp tongue. Don't be totally unnerved by what he says or the way he says it.

他就是説話刻薄，別因為他説的話或是他説話的方式生氣。

8. silver-tongued 雄辯的，很會説話的

He was a silver-tongued orator.

他是位口才很好的演説家。

9. forked tongue 騙人的假話；謊言

Don't trust the guy. He usually speaks with a forked tongue. He'll promise you to do one thing but more often than not he'll turn around and do exactly the opposite.

可別信任那傢伙，他老是説假話。他會答應你去做一件事情，但是通常卻陽奉陰違，幹出適得其反的事兒來。