hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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)
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
Oh, there's plenty of mystery about it all; and, once more, it's better to hold one's tongue!
From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice
V. be silent &c. adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
