hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
An attitude of positive urbanity toward life was not to be expected; it was doing one's duty to hold one's tongue and keep one's hands off one's own windpipe, and other people's.
From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry
Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)
The vast moral importance of being able to hold one's tongue, the golden resources of silence, should be emphasized by the teacher.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
That's of course, mamma," said Camilla; "but yet one can't hold one's tongue altogether.
From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
