bite the tongue
基本解釋
- 保持緘默
英漢例句
- Mustard and pepper bite the tongue.
芥末和胡椒粉刺痛舌頭。 - 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.
執(zhí)行搜索顧問Charley Polachi說，30幾歲或是更年長的雇員一般都“具有足夠的生活經(jīng)驗，他們知道要學著保持沉默，不要做過火的事”。 - 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