| 单词 | to hold one's tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold one's tongue c. to hold one's tongue, to refrain from speech, keep silence, say nothing. †to keep one's tongue, (a) to keep one's word; (b) to hold one's tongue. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > be faithful or trustworthy [verb (intransitive)] > to a promise to keep one's tongue1390 to hold touch (also the touches)c1400 to keep touch1541 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxviii. 276 Se mon se ðe ne mæg his tungan gehealdan sie gelicost openre byrig. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 146 Hold þi tonge, mercy! It is but a trufle þat þow tellest. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 143 Ther schal a worthi king beginne To kepe his tunge and to be trewe. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 83 Þe toder..flate with hym agayn & bad hym hold his tong. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxvi. 63 Iesus helde his tonge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 207 I will charme him first to keepe his tongue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 119 Why doe we hold our tongues ? View more context for this quotation 1672 Mede's Wks. p. xvii It was a frequent Proverbial speech of our Author's, He that cannot hold his tongue can hold nothing; and he practis'd accordingly. 1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 141 Shocked to hear in rough English ‘Hold your tongue’. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger VI. i. vii. 122 Hold your impertinent tongue, sir. 1884 G. M. Craik G. Helstone 26 Here is your father who knows it is, though he thinks it best to hold his tongue. < as lemmas |
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