| 单词 | to have a long tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a long tongue a. An excessive talkativeness or loquacity; a tendency to speak out of turn or reveal secrets. Frequently in to have a long tongue. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] overspeecheOE tongue-itch1540 multiloquy1542 long tongue1557 garrulity1581 slipperiness1589 polylogy1602 volubility1602 loquacity1603 lubricity1603 tonguiness1607 overspeakinga1610 talkativeness1609 philology1623 tongue-vice1628 glibness1633 futility1640 linguacity1656 garrulousness1727 linguosity1727 loquaciousness1727 multiloquiousness1727 jaw1748 multiloquence1760 flippancy1789 verbal diarrhoea1808 magpiety1832 big mouth1834 pleniloquence1838 chattiness1876 open-mouthedness1883 gabbiness1887 garrulance1890 irreticence1919 talkiness1934 ear-bashing1945 mee-mawing1974 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes iii. lxviii. f. 260/2 With a longe tonge, as a bolde speaker, with out measure. a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) v. iv. 53 What ye have seen, be secret in:..No more of your long tongue. a1676 J. Dunton Remains (1684) 193 Beloved, if that you would but seriously consider what wide Ears and long Tongues too many Men now adays have, it would make you blush, sweat, and stand amazed. 1704 W. Wycherley Misc. Poems 64 Stop thy Throat, not our Ears, with thy long Tongue. 1792 J. Richardson Fugitive iii. iii. 40 However, thinks I, all your French folk have woundy long tongues, and if he knows any thing, fifty to one but he pops it out. 1835 Fraser's Mag. July 17/1 The rankolous woman was fell glad, having come to their gate primed and loaded with matter, to give them a ‘breeze’ of her long tongue. 1858 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xxxiii. 415 ‘There! you've wakened Avatea with your long tongue,’ retorted Peterkin, with a frown. 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xvi. 197 Mrs. Pegler, a very stout, pussy old lady with a long tongue. 1961 A. Hosain Sunlight on Broken Column ii. ii. 121 This Nizaman Bua..has a long tongue and when she nags I feel as if I had cleaned my teeth with..sour lemon juice. 2006 J. Waller Irish Flames 56 Irishmen have long tongues, but long memories also. < as lemmas |
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