词组 | keep a civil tongue in their heads |
释义 | (redirected from keep a civil tongue in their heads)keep a civil tongue in (one's) headTo speak kindly and politely. Please try to keep a civil tongue in your head the next time you talk to Mary, instead of arguing with her, OK? keep a civil tongue in one's headSpeak politely, as in The teacher won't allow swearing; she says we must keep a civil tongue in our heads. This expression uses tongue in the sense of "a manner of speaking," a usage dating from the 1400s. An early cautionary version was "Keep a good tongue in your head, lest it hurt your teeth" (1595). keep a civil tongue in your headspeak politely and calmly, without rudeness. |
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