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Tongue-tiedIf someone is tongue-tied, they are speechless or cannot say what they want, often through shyness or embarrassment.
Tongue-lashing
If you give someone a tongue-lashing, you scold them.
Tongue in cheek
If something is tongue in cheek, it isn't serious or meant to be taken seriously.
Hold your tongue
If you hold your tongue, you keep silent even though you want to speak.
Bite your tongue
If you bite your tongue, you refrain from speaking because it is socially or otherwise better not to.
Cat got your tongue?
If someone asks if the cat has got your tongue, they want to know why you are not speaking when they think you should.
Slip of the tongue
If you say something accidentally, it is a slip of the tongue.
A still tongue keeps a wise head
Wise people don't talk much.
On the tip of your tongue
If a word is on the tip of your tongue, you know you know the word, but you just can't quite remember it at the moment.
Speak with a forked tongue
To say one thing and mean another, to lie, to be two-faced
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