trip off the tongue

trip off the tongue

To be very easy or enjoyable to say. When you name your food truck, make sure it's something that trips off the tongue so that people will remember it. The book is a joy to read aloud. The passages just trip off the tongue.
See also: off, tongue, trip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

roll/slip/trip off the ˈtongue

be easy to say or pronounce: It’s not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?
See also: off, roll, slip, tongue, trip
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a good trip
  • good trip
  • acquired
  • acquired taste
  • an acquired taste
  • put the dampener on (something)
  • put the damper on (something)
  • put a damper on
  • put a damper on something
  • damper
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The name Conrad Gustave D'Huc Dressler may not be known to every reader of my column or trip off the tongue easily.
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Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry and Ken Rosewall -- names that trip off the tongue like a who's who of undisputed greats -- all sit behind the Serb on tennis' honours board of grand slam champions.
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Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry and Ken Rosewall--names that trip off the tongue like a Who's Who of undisputed greats--all sit behind the Serb on tennis's honours board of grand slam champions.
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It goes without saying that the roll of honour is an illustrious one, full of names that trip off the tongue.
Ol' Man River to make a splash
These days it is uniformly well received, with the melody of Ode to Joy, chosen as the Anthem for Europe in 1972, and most notably played in Berlin at Christmas 1989 just after the demolition of the Wall, being instantly familiar, even if the words don't trip off the tongue.
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That worked for Google, but "Publix-ing" groceries just doesn't trip off the tongue.
Sunshine state strategy: it takes more than low prices to own a market
Even if you recoil instinctively when phrases like 'better world' trip off the tongue of investment professionals, there's little doubt that those who have put money into green enterprises can already point to better profits.
Keep it Green - tough times need sustainable solutions
The congregation had a little trouble with Jersualem, too - it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue - but they lifted the roof with our other choice.
No love for commitment