hold one's tongue
Example Sentences
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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
If after the help one has had from you one can't either take care of one's self or simply hold one's tongue, one must renounce all claim to be an object of interest.
From The Ambassadors by James, Henry
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
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
