hold your peace/tongue

hold (one's) peace

To stay quiet despite wanting to say something. Just hold your peace if you don't have anything constructive to add. I knew that anything I said would just make her angry, so I decided to hold my peace.

hold (one's) tongue

To stay quiet despite wanting to say something If you want to say something rude to my girlfriend, please hold your tongue, all right?

See also: hold, tongue

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hold one's peace

to remain silent. Bill was unable to hold his peace any longer. "Don't do it!" he cried. Quiet, John. Hold your peace for a little while longer.

hold one's tongue

Fig. to refrain from speaking; to refrain from saying something unpleasant. I felt like scolding her, but I held my tongue. Hold your tongue, John. You can't talk to me that way!

See also: hold, tongue

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hold your tongue

If you hold your tongue, you do not speak. Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue. Note: People sometimes say hold your tongue as an angry way of telling someone to be quiet. `Hold your tongue, woman,' he had warned her furiously.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

hold your peace

remain silent about something.

hold your tongue

remain silent. informal

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue

(old-fashioned) say nothing; remain silent although you would like to give your opinion: We don’t want anyone to know what’s happened, so you’d better hold your tongue — do you understand? I didn’t want to start another argument, so I held my peace.

词组	hold your peace/tongue
释义	hold your peace/tongue hold (one's) peace To stay quiet despite wanting to say something. Just hold your peace if you don't have anything constructive to add. I knew that anything I said would just make her angry, so I decided to hold my peace. See also: hold, peace hold (one's) tongue To stay quiet despite wanting to say something If you want to say something rude to my girlfriend, please hold your tongue, all right? See also: hold, tongue Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hold one's peace to remain silent. Bill was unable to hold his peace any longer. "Don't do it!" he cried. Quiet, John. Hold your peace for a little while longer. See also: hold, peace hold one's tongue Fig. to refrain from speaking; to refrain from saying something unpleasant. I felt like scolding her, but I held my tongue. Hold your tongue, John. You can't talk to me that way! See also: hold, tongue McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. hold your tongue If you hold your tongue, you do not speak. Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue. Note: People sometimes say hold your tongue as an angry way of telling someone to be quiet. `Hold your tongue, woman,' he had warned her furiously. See also: hold, tongue Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. hold your peace remain silent about something. See also: hold, peace hold your tongue remain silent. informal See also: hold, tongue Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue (old-fashioned) say nothing; remain silent although you would like to give your opinion: We don’t want anyone to know what’s happened, so you’d better hold your tongue — do you understand? I didn’t want to start another argument, so I held my peace. See also: hold, peace, tongue Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: hold (one's) peace hold one's peace hold peace hold your peace keep keep (one's) peace anything/nothing/something like that anything like that anything in it for (one) anything
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