Bite Your Tongue

To avoid talking.



To bite your tongue would prevent you from talking it would also hurt which would be a punishment for something you had previously said that was out of line. First known usage in Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 1593.



Ex: Someone has just said something rude, someone in authority snaps at them: “Bite your tongue!”

Spanish: Morderse la lengua.



German: Beißen Sie Ihre Zunge