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
- Collin's Advanced Learner'senglish Dictionary
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tongue
- http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms
- http://goenglish.com/Tongue.asp
- http://tureng.com/search/tongue
- http://www.turktrans.net/idioms
- http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms
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