hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
That's of course, mamma," said Camilla; "but yet one can't hold one's tongue altogether.
From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
True, one must be able to hold one's tongue when necessary, and Mrs. Paaschen, who is so inquisitive, is really not at all according to my taste.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
Heaven! sir," said she—"Well, I must not speak, and yet it is certainly very hard to be obliged to hold one's tongue when one hears."—"
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
It's a great thing to hold one's tongue, Mr. Thorne; and I ought to know, for I've found the advantage of being naturally a silent woman.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
