hold tongue

“Hold tongue, Uncle,” snapped the girl, and continued to feed her patient.

I cannot hold tongue any longer.

"You will hold tongue better, if you please," snapped Kamanako.

Put into fish-kettle or stewpan, large enough to hold tongue, slices bacon, onion peeled and sliced, carrot scraped and cut in pieces, bouquet garni and clove; add stock, put in tongue, and cook until three parts done, then take it up, and skin while hot.

Now in turn you're to hold tongue, as we did, and listen while we show the way to recover the nation.