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 Thu Dec 08, 2005 21:13 pm Bite your tongue |
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Hi Deya,
This expression means stop yourself saying what you would really like to say but you don't to avoid upsetting someone.
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| Mon Mar 06, 2006 17:58 pm English expression: bite her tongue |
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| Are "bite tongue" and "bite lip" the same? |
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| Mon Mar 06, 2006 20:40 pm Bite your tongue/lip |
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Hi Vitaly,
Bite your lip refers to another type of restraint and this one is when you try and control your emotion because perhaps you are on the point of crying. There is another expression: Keep a stiff upper lip meaning not showing your emotions.
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| Mon Mar 19, 2007 17:05 pm Bite your tongue/lip |
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| Alan wrote: | There is another expression: Keep a stiff upper lip meaning not showing your emotions.
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Hi, Alan.
I heard "to stiffen up one's upper lip". Do they imply the same thing?
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