tongue

Related to tongue: Geographic tongue, Tongue twisters
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  • (Has the) cat got your tongue?
  • (one's) tongue hangs out
  • (one's) tongue is hanging out
  • (with) tongue in cheek
  • a lick with the rough side of the tongue
  • a silver/smooth tongue
  • a slip of the tongue
  • a slip of the tongue/pen
  • a still tongue makes a wise head
  • barbed tongue
  • be on the tip of (one's) tongue
  • be on the tip of your tongue
  • bite (one's) tongue
  • bite one's tongue
  • bite tongue
  • bite your tongue
  • Bite your tongue!
  • cat got one's tongue
  • cat got your tongue, has the
  • Cat got your tongue?
  • cause (some) tongues to wag
  • cause tongues to wag
  • double-tongued
  • find (one's) tongue
  • find (one's) voice
  • find tongue
  • find your tongue
  • find your voice/tongue
  • forked tongue
  • get (one's) tongue around (something)
  • get your tongue round something
  • get your tongue round/around something
  • give (one) a tongue-lashing
  • give (someone) the length of (one's) tongue
  • give (someone) the rough side of (one's) tongue
  • give someone a tongue-lashing
  • give someone the rough side of your tongue
  • give tongue
  • give tongue to
  • has the cat got your tongue?
  • have a forked tongue
  • have a loose tongue
  • have a sharp tongue
  • have a silver tongue
  • have a worm in (one's) tongue
  • have an ox on the tongue
  • hold (one's) peace
  • hold (one's) tongue
  • hold one's tongue
  • hold one's tongue, to
  • hold tongue
  • hold your peace/tongue
  • hold your tongue
  • Hold your tongue!
  • I could have bitten my tongue off
  • I wished I had bitten my tongue off
  • keep a civil tongue
  • keep a civil tongue in (one's) head
  • keep a civil tongue in one's head
  • keep a civil tongue in your head
  • loosen (one's) tongue
  • loosen somebody's tongue
  • loosen tongue
  • lose (one's) tongue
  • lose tongue
  • make buckle and tongue meet
  • on the tip of (one's) tongue
  • on the tip of one's tongue
  • on the tip of tongue
  • on the tip of your tongue
  • roll off the tongue
  • roll/slip/trip off the tongue
  • serpent's tongue
  • set tongues (a-)wagging
  • set tongues wagging
  • sharp tongue
  • silver tongue
  • silver-tongued
  • silver-tongued orator
  • slip of the lip
  • slip of the tongue
  • someone's tongue is hanging out
  • speak in tongues
  • speak with a forked tongue
  • speak with forked tongue
  • start tongues (a-)wagging
  • stick (one's) tongue out
  • stick (one's) tongue out at (someone or something)
  • stick out (one's) tongue
  • stick out (one's) tongue at (someone or something)
  • stick tongue out
  • still tongue makes a wise head
  • the cat has got someone's tongue
  • the cat's got (one's) tongue
  • the gift of tongues
  • the rough edge of (one's) tongue
  • the rough edge of your tongue
  • the rough side of (one's) tongue
  • the/(one's) mother tongue
  • tongue hangs out, one's
  • tongue in cheek
  • tongue in cheek, with
  • tongue loosener
  • tongue oil
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • tongue-lashing
  • tongues wag
  • tongue-tied
  • trip off the tongue
  • trip over (one's) tongue
  • vulgar tongue
  • wag (one's) tongue
  • watch (one's) language
  • watch (one's) mouth
  • watch (one's) tongue
  • Watch your mouth!
  • watch your mouth/tongue
  • Watch your tongue!
  • wicked tongue
  • with (a) forked tongue
  • with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek
  • with forked tongue
  • your mother tongue
References in periodicals archive
In Venomous Tongues, Bardsley also argues that texts on the evils of the tongue constitute "a discourse," defined as "a set of habits of thought and speech familiar to much of the population" (3).
In recent years, some computer image processing technologies have been used in tongue diagnosis in the Chinese traditional medicine.
The statistics for the population mother tongue is similar to that for ethnic composition at the beginning of 2018 ethnic Latvians accounted for 62.2 percent of the population.
In some babies, this does not cause any problems, but in others, it can restrict the tongue's movement, making it harder to breastfeed.
A happy, healthy tongue tends to be pink and dotted with small nodules, and if not, something might be up.
'The culture of teachers punishing their students for speaking their mother tongue must stop.
You should also see your doctor if you have an unusually pale tongue, as Okoye explains this can be a sign of a vitamin or mineral deficiency: "This is common in anaemia sufferers, or after a long-standing disease where the immune system might be weak."
In reality, we taste different flavours using taste buds spread across all parts of the tongue.
The tongue, floor of mouth and lip are the commonest site which are affected.1 The origin of the affected sites of tumours in oral cavity is the stratified squamous epithelium.
In age old times, tongue tie release was done by midwives who tore the frenulum with their nails which was often dirty.
The human tongue has a complex architecture consistent with its five crucial roles: breathing, sucking, swallowing, chewing, and speech.
A 37-year-old man was left screaming in pain after a crab grabbed his tongue as he tried to play around with it.
The findings come from a large, population-based study that identified variations in the tongue microbiota among community-dwelling elderly adults in Japan.
The idea of cutting your tongue in half may make your skin crawl, but for some people it's a look to be desired.
Summary: The mother tongue of each member of a household need not necessarily be the same