hold your tongue
1hold your tongue — If you hold your tongue, you keep silent even though you want to speak …
2hold your tongue — hold (your) tongue old fashioned to stop talking. George had learned to accept these little insults. He held his tongue …
3hold your tongue — be polite, do not talk back When your father is talking, you hold your tongue. You be quiet …
4hold your tongue — keep quiet about it, do not say anything …
5hold your tongue — mainly literary 1) to say nothing, although you want to speak 2) old fashioned used for telling someone not to speak …
6hold your tongue — …
7hold one's tongue — {v. phr.} To be silent; keep still; not talk. May be considered rude. * /The teacher told Fred to hold his tongue./ * /If people would hold their tongues from unkind speech, fewer people would be hurt/ …
8hold one's tongue — {v. phr.} To be silent; keep still; not talk. May be considered rude. * /The teacher told Fred to hold his tongue./ * /If people would hold their tongues from unkind speech, fewer people would be hurt/ …
9hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… …
10hold tongue — hold (your) tongue old fashioned to stop talking. George had learned to accept these little insults. He held his tongue …
