hold one's tongue
Meaning: To refrain from speaking.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
More idioms — Body & Senses
- huff and puff — To be out of breath (sentence 1) or to threaten ineffectually (sentence 2).
- in over one's head — Beyond one's capability (sentence 1); to have taken on more than one can cope with (sente…
- it's no skin off someone's nose — It has no effect on someone or it is of no concern to someone.
- keep one's head above water — To just barely manage to stay ahead, financially (sentence 1) or with one's work or respo…
- keep one's nose to the grindstone — To work hard without rest.
- knee-high to a grasshopper — Very young.
More English idioms
- laugh all the way to the bank — To be proved right or successful in the face of scorn, particularly as regards money.
- lead someone around by the nose — To dominate someone; to force someone to do something.
- lend someone an ear — To listen to someone.
- like water off a duck's back — Having no effect on someone.
- look down one's nose at someone or something — To be snobbish about someone or something.
- make one's blood boil — To cause someone to become extremely angry.
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