trip over (one's) tongue

To have difficulty saying or enunciating something. Any time I try to speak French, I still find myself tripping over my tongue. Sally said something nice about me? Did she trip over her tongue in doing it?

See also: over, tongue, trip

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

a walking
a walking (something)
a whack at (something)
a/the feel of (something)
(I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
a straw will show which way the wind blows
a crack at (someone or something)
all right
(you) wanna make something of it?
all for the best

词组	trip over (one's) tongue
释义	trip over (one's) tongue trip over (one's) tongue To have difficulty saying or enunciating something. Any time I try to speak French, I still find myself tripping over my tongue. Sally said something nice about me? Did she trip over her tongue in doing it? See also: over, tongue, trip Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a walking a walking (something) a whack at (something) a/the feel of (something) (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you a straw will show which way the wind blows a crack at (someone or something) all right (you) wanna make something of it? all for the best
随便看	catch to it catch/touch somebody on the raw catch up catch up in catch up in (something) catch up on catch up on (something) catch up to (something or someone) catch up with catch up with (someone) catch wind of (something) catch with catch with pants down catch you later Catch you on the flip side! catch you on the rebound catch your breath catch your death cater cater to cater to (someone or something) catfish cat got one's tongue Cat got your tongue? cat got your tongue, has the