start tongues (a-)wagging
start tongues (a-)wagging
To be a source of gossip, slander, or idle speculation. Just when the dust of his previous scandal had begun to settle, the governor did something new to start tongues a-wagging across the country. Being such a media celebrity means that anything one does, no matter how banal, is enough to start tongues wagging.
See also: start, tongue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- cause (some) tongues to wag
- cause tongues to wag
- wag
- set tongues (a-)wagging
- set tongues wagging
- awagging
- a dog that'll bring a bone will carry a bone
- be on everyone's lips
- blow (up)on (someone or something)
- blow on it