hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's a great thing to hold one's tongue, Mr. Thorne; and I ought to know, for I've found the advantage of being naturally a silent woman.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
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
V. be silent &c. adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
And then, seeing these things, people want a—well, better hold one's tongue!
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
