bite the tongue

常见例句

双语例句

• Mustard and pepper bite the tongue.
  芥末和胡椒粉刺痛舌头。
• Workers in their 30s and older typically "have enough life experience that you learn to bite the tongue and to not overreact," says executive search consultant Charley Polachi.
  执行搜索顾问Charley Polachi说，30几岁或是更年长的雇员一般都“具有足够的生活经验，他们知道要学着保持沉默，不要做过火的事”。

权威例句

• Set against the harsh tongue and poor syntax of his predecessor, Mr Walesa, the nattily dressed, sound-bite-loving ex-communist looked the more modern man that the country was in need of.
  ECONOMIST: Aleksander Kwasniewski, a polished Pole
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