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Definition 2024

hold_one's_tongue

hold one's tongue

English

Verb

hold one's tongue

(idiomatic) to refrain from talking about something
I don't like his political ideas, but I will hold my tongue.

Translations

refrain from talking about something

Arabic: صَمَتَ ‎(ṣamata)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Czech: držet jazyk za zuby (cs)
Finnish: purra (fi) kieltänsä (fi)
French: tenir sa langue (fr)
Greek: κρατάω το στόμα μου κλειστό ‎(kratáo to stóma mou kleistó), κρατώ το στόμα μου κλειστό ‎(krató to stóma mou kleistó)

Icelandic: þegja þunnu hljóði
Italian: tenere a freno la lingua
Latin: taceō (la), compesco linguam
Romanian: tăcea (ro), a-și ține gura
Russian: придержа́ть язы́к pf ‎(prideržátʹ jazýk)
Yiddish: בײַסן זיך די צונג ‎(baysn zikh di tsung)