用hold your tongue表达“保持缄默”

如果有人让你hold your tongue,那意思就是让你闭嘴,别说了,尤其是在你说了不中听的话时。

  • I‘m going to have to hold my tongue because I keep saying what I think and people get upset!
  • I had to tell Jane to hold her tongue; what she was saying didn‘t help us move forward in our planning meeting.

值得注意的是,短语slip of the tongue的意思是口误、失言。



  • I meant to tell her she was fun not fat; it was just a slip of the tongue!
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