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Идиомы на тему Mouth and Teeth

• bite one's tongue
  прикусить (себе) язык, не проговориться

  I'd rather bite my tongue than tell my parents about my problem.
• cause tongues to wag
  дать пищу для сплетен

  Kelly likes to shock people and it gives her pleasure to cause tongues to wag.
• find one's tongue
  найтись, что сказать

  I was so mad at Tina that I couldn't find my tongue.
• give (someone) a tongue-lashing
  ругать кого-либо, распекать

  Ms. Rotenberg gave her son a tongue-lashing when she learnt about his bad behavior at school.
• guard one's tongue
  быть осторожным в высказываниях

  Sally never guards her tongue when she speaks to people that's why nobody likes her.
• hold one's tongue
  промолчать, "придержать язык"

  "If my father asks you about me, please hold your tongue."
• keep a civil tongue
  вежливо, учтиво говорить; избегать грубостей

  The patient was warned to keep a civil tongue when talking to the doctor.
• loosen (someone's) tongue
  развязать кому-либо язык; заставить кого-либо выболтать что-либо

  I wanted to get some information about the deal, but I didn't know how to loosen Mike's tongue.
• on the tip of one's tongue
  вертится на языке (не припомню)

  I know his name; it's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember it at the moment.
• set tongues wagging
  сплетничать, "распустить языки"

  The conflict between Landcroft and his wife set tongues wagging around the neighborhood.
• sharp tongue
  (иметь) острый язык, (быть) критичным, не добрым

  Nobody likes Cora; she has a sharp tongue and she very often says very unkind things to others.
• slip of the tongue
  оговорка

  "I didn't mean to say that; it was a slip of the tongue."
• speak with a forked tongue
  лгать

  I suspect that Mark speaks with a forked tongue that's why everyone distrusts him.