use foul language

use foul language

To say obscene, vulgar, or lewd things when one speaks. I used to use foul language all the time, but I really reined it in when my kids started talking. He got sent to his room for using foul language at the dinner table.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

use foul language

Euph. to swear. There's no need to use foul language. When she gets angry, she tends to use foul language.
See also: foul, language, use
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (Do) you kiss your grandmother with that mouth?
  • (Do) you kiss your granny with that mouth?
  • grandmother
  • granny
  • mama
  • (Do) you kiss your mama with that mouth?
  • (Do) you kiss your momma with that mouth?
  • Do you kiss your momma with that mouth?
  • momma
  • you kiss your momma with that mouth?
References in periodicals archive
"I never use foul language for any Prime Minister irrespective of the political party they may belong to.
Never speak ill of any PM: Rajnath amid political slugfest on PM's remarks on Rajiv Gandhi
Instead of patting the ones who use foul language they should warn them or more properly train them.
Foul language in political gatherings, ECP denounces prominent figures
Whenever you want to use foul language, always consider the person you are speaking to and ask yourself if they are 'birds of the same feathers' as people are different.
Watch your words - shocked at regular use of foul and offensive..