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Idioms-with-Tongue

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The Idiom: - Meaning (in English)

Sample Sentence:

Turkish Equivalence:

  • be on the tip of your tongue: If something that you want to say is on the tip of your tongue ,you will probably remember it very soon. 

          A:What is the name of the actress on tv ?

          B:Wait a minute.It is on the tip of my tongue.

          dilinin ucunda olmak

  • bite your tongue: to stop saying something, even if you don't want to say,because it is better not to say. 

          Bite your tongue!this bad event shouldn't happen.

          dilini ısırmak

  • find your tongue: to be able to speak after being silent.

          We encouraged her and finally she found her tongue.

          dile gelmek

  • get your tongue around /round something: to be able to say a difficult word or phrase.

          Help me please! I couldn't get my tongue around these French words.

          zor bir şeyi söyleyebilmek

  • give somebody the rough side/edge of your tongue: (old fashioned) to speak with somebody angrily.

          When the boy's mother saw him in a bad situation,she gave him the rough side ofv her tongue.

          sivri dilli olmak

  • hold  your tongue : being silent ,saying nothing

          The man couldn't hold his tongue and started to scold the little boy.

          dilini tutmak

  • tongue in cheek: It means that it is said as a joke. 

          He answered the questions tongue in cheek .

          yarım ağızla,alaylı

  • have lost one's tongue : unable to speak because of shyness.

          In front of her teacher ,the little girl had lost her tongue.

          dilini yutmak      

  • keep a civil tongue in one's head: not to be rude

          Keep a civil tongue in your head.We must convince the boss.

          terbiyeli konuşmak

  • have a ready tongue: to answer all things quickly.

          His all students have a ready tongue .They all know everything. 

          hazır cevap

  • tongue-tided: unable to speak because of shyness

          Don't  attempt to communicate with her.She is tongue-tided.

          dili tutuk

  • razor/sharp tongue: to speak in a way that shows your anger.

          I like this writer. He has a sharp tongue and says everthing explicitly.

          sivri dil

  • silver /eloquent tongue: to speak in an effective way.

          She will won the writitng competition,because she has a silver tongue.

          etkili konuşma

  • slip of the tongue : a mistake when you say something.

          Sorry. It was slip of my tongue to say the word wrongly.

          dil sürçmesi

  • Cat got your tongue? : (spoken) to ask somebody why they are not talking.

          Come on! Comment on this subject. Cat got your tongue?

          Dilini mi yuttun?

  • watch your tongue : (spoken) to say someone not to be rude in his/ her words.

          Watch your tongue! you are speaking with me.

  • trip / roll off the tongue: (humorous) If something trips/ rolls off your tongue it is easy to say.

          What a difficult word! It doesn't trip off my tongue.

  • loose one's tongue: to talk a lot due to alcohol etc.

          The alcohol loosened her tongue and she confessed eveything.

          dili çözülmek      

  • set /start tongues wagging : to mean that everybody is talking about someone badly.  

          His strange behaviours set the tongues wagging.

          dedikodu yapmak

  • speak with forked tongue : (humorous) to tell lies

          You are speaking with a forked tongue.Now tell me the truths.

          yalan söylemek

  • speak in tongues : to speak with using strange words as a part of religious experience.

          In order not to be understood ,they are speaking in tongues.

  • to lash somebody  with one's tongue : to shout at someone or criticize him/her in a forceful way.

          A: Why did you lash him with your tongue?

          B: But he deserved it.

          birini sözle paylamak

  • a glib tongue : a beautiful speech

          Her glib tongue affected me so much. It was wonderful.

          güzel konuşma

  • guard one's tongue : to say nothing

          This information is very important for us ,so please guard your tongues.

          dilini tutmak , ağzını sıkı tutmak

  • have a rough tongue : to speak rudely.

          Everybody offended him . because he had a rough tongue.

          ağır konuşmak

  • leave a taste on the tongue : to mean that something is very delicious.

          The dessert was so good that it left a taste on my tongue.

          damaklarda tat bırakmak

  • triple tongue: If one has a triple tongue s/he speaks very fast.

          You can't understand him very easily ,he has a triple tongue.

          hızlı konuşma

  • bridle one's tongue : to restrain

          After speaking rudely she bridled her tongue.

          gem vurmak

  • give tongue to : to speak very loudly and directly.

          If you don't understand,I 'll give tongue to you

          yüksek sesle söylemek ,açıkça söylemek

  • an evil tongue : If one has evil tongue s/he speaks badly.

          She says whatever comes to her mind ,she has an evil tongue.

          bozuk ağız

  • acid tongue : someone with an acid tnogue is the one who speaks bitterly or sharply.

          He can break your heart with his words,because he has an acid tongue.

          sivri dil

  • to loose a knoot from one's tongue : to start to speak

          Seeing that his wrong behaviours ,the woman loosed a knot from her tongue.

          dilinin düğümünü çözmek

  • lapse of the tongue : a mistake of something you say.

          Realizing that she made a lapse of her tongue ,  the speaker corrected the word.

          dil sürçmesi

  • tongue hangs out : to mean that  one is eagerly anticipating something.

          Their tongues were hanging out ,because they would see the famous actor.

  • A still tongue keeps a wise head : Wise people don't talk much.
  • double tongue : someone who is a trickster.

          Don't trust him.he is a double tongue.

          hilekar

  • bad /foul tongue : If one has a foul tongue ,s/he speaks badly

          I am sure my son learned these bad words from his friends ,because they have foul tongue.

          küfürbaz, bozuk  ağız

  • on everyone's tongue : If something is on everyone's tongue ,everyone talks about it.

          Her sudden marriage is on everyone's tongue.

          herkesin dilinde, dedikodusu ağızdan ağıza dolaşan

  • one's tongue not to reach : unable to say something.

          Her tongue couldn't reach to say the death of the man.

          dili varmamak

  • The tongue has no bones: One's possibility to say everything.

          I couldn't rely on you in this subject.You may tell this to everybody,because the tongue has no bones.

          dilin kemiği yok.

  • to understand one's tongue: to be able to understand what one says.

          Let me go near  her.I can understand her tongue.

          dilinden anlamak

  • not let one's tongue runaway with one: to be able to stay silent.

          He managed not to let his tongue runaway with him and kept my secret.

          dilini tutmak,zaptetmek

  • one's tongue get one into trouble: to be in a difficult situation because of one's talking.

          One day you will regret what you are saying and your tongue will get you into.

          dilinin belası,cezasını çekmek          

  • May a wasp sting one's tongue: We use it when we don't want something to be said.

          Why are you saying these bad things?May a wasp sting your tongue.

          dilini eşek arısı soksun

  • to sting or wound with his/her tongue: to critize somebody with one's words.

          I'm sure he will sting you with his tongue,because he is very angry.

          diliyle sokmak

  • May your tongue wither./Curse your tongue: We say it to someone who say something that we don't it to be said.

          May your tongue wither.Why are you saying such things about him?

          dilin kurusun

  • unbridled tongue : if someone has an unbridled tongue she/he can't control her/his words.

         She doesn't know what she says.She has an unbridled tongue.

         boşboğaz 

  • tongue- twister: a word or phrase that is difficult to say 

          I will give a present for theone who can say this tongue-twister. 

          tekerleme  

      

         REFERENCES

  1. Collin's Advanced Learner'senglish Dictionary
  2. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English
  3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  4. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tongue
  5. http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms
  6. http://goenglish.com/Tongue.asp
  7. http://tureng.com/search/tongue
  8. http://www.turktrans.net/idioms
  9. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms

 

 

         MELEK BAŞDAL-1667500

 

 

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