Tongue Hold Means Bite Silent Similar Quiet Moment

To hold your tongue means to keep silent.

To bite your tongue is similar: it means to keep quiet about something for the moment, because it wouldn’t be the right time or place to speak.

“It would help if you could hold your tongue for just one more minute until I’ve finished trying to tune in the television. Then we can talk about it.”

“I wanted to tell her that I’d just seen Andrew, but I decided to bite my tongue for the moment.”