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Idiom to bite your tongue
Definition to not say what you would really like to say; to keep quiet
Examples - I had to bite my tongue when he said he how worried he was. He's such a liar!
- You'll have to learn to bite your tongue. You can't just go shouting at the teachers every time they say something that annoys you.
- I have had to bite my tongue on so many occasions that I'm surprised it's still in my mouth at all!
- She bit her tongue rather than get right in his face and scream, "Why didn't you say so?"

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