bite the tongue

基本解释

• 保持緘默

英汉例句

雙語例句

• Mustard and pepper bite the tongue.
  芥末和衚椒粉刺痛舌頭。
• Workers in their 30s and older typically "have enough life experience that you learn to bite the tongue and to not overreact," says executive search consultant Charley Polachi.
  執行搜索顧問Charley Polachi說，30幾嵗或是更年長的雇員一般都“具有足夠的生活經騐，他們知道要學著保持沉默，不要做過火的事”。

權威例句

• Set against the harsh tongue and poor syntax of his predecessor, Mr Walesa, the nattily dressed, sound-bite-loving ex-communist looked the more modern man that the country was in need of.
  ECONOMIST: Aleksander Kwasniewski, a polished Pole

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短語

• bite the lip or tongue 緘口結舌

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