hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
A chaplain therefore had his trials, but in spite of them it was the policy of wisdom not to show resentment and to hold one's tongue.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
But then, at such a place as Littlebath, one would have to hold one's tongue altogether.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
Best to hold one's tongue about it, eh?
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
When the case was put that way it certainly sounded right to hold one's tongue.
From The Eagle's Nest by Cartwright, S. E.
