hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
If after the help one has had from you one can't either take care of one's self or simply hold one's tongue, one must renounce all claim to be an object of interest.
From The Ambassadors by James, Henry
But it seemed fatally easy to hold one's tongue.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
Heaven! sir," said she—"Well, I must not speak, and yet it is certainly very hard to be obliged to hold one's tongue when one hears."—"
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
Anyway, one can't hold one's tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling, that one might be a help if only....
From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance
