have the mouth of a sailor
have the mouth of a sailor
To have a tendency or proclivity to use coarse, rude, or vulgar language. I don't know what you're letting your son watch on television, but, for a fifth grader, he sure has the mouth of a sailor! My grandmother is the sweetest old lady you'll ever know, but, my lord, does she have the mouth of a sailor!
See also: have, mouth, of, sailor
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- mouth of a sailor
- language that could/would fry bacon
- language that would fry bacon
- be off-color
- lowbrow
- bone
- bones
- choad
- chode