bite the tongue
基本解释
- 保持缄默
英汉例句
- 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”。 - 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