Слово англійською: tongue

Іменник

Переклад tongue українською: язи́к (о́рган), рі́дна мо́ва, се́рце (дзво́ну)

noun

/tʌŋ/

[countable] the soft part in the mouth that moves around, used for tasting, swallowing, speaking, etc.
- He clicked his tongue to attract their attention.
- She ran her tongue over her lips.
- It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.
[uncountable, countable] the tongue of some animals, cooked and eaten
- a slice of ox tongue
[countable] (formal or literary) a language
- Even when we speak the same tongue we do not always understand one another.
- I tried speaking to her in her native tongue.
see also mother tongue
[singular] a particular way of speaking
- He has a sharp tongue.
- (formal) I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head (= speak politely).
see also silver tongue
-tongued
(in adjectives) speaking in the way mentioned
- sharp-tongued
[countable] a long, narrow piece of leather under the laces on a shoe
[countable] tongue (of something) (literary) something that is long and narrow and like a tongue in shape
- a tongue of flame

Word OriginOld English tunge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Latin lingua.

Idioms

bite your tongue

to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak
- I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue.

(has the) cat got your tongue?

(informal) said to somebody, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question
- What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?

find your voice/tongue

get your tongue around/round something

to pronounce a difficult word correctly
- He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.

have a loose tongue

hold your tongue/peace

loosen somebody’s tongue

to make somebody talk more freely than usual
- A bottle of wine had loosened Harry's tongue.

on the tip of your tongue

if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it

roll/slip/trip off the tongue

to be easy to say or pronounce
- It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?

set tongues wagging | tongues are wagging

(informal) to cause people to start talking/people are talking about somebody’s private affairs
- His sudden resignation set tongues wagging.
- This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag.

a slip of the pen/tongue

a small mistake in something that you write or say
- Did I call you Richard? Sorry, Robert, just a slip of the tongue.
- I didn't mean to say that—it was just a slip of the tongue.

watch your mouth/tongue

with your tongue in your cheek | with tongue in cheek

if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you are not being serious and mean it as a joke