Today's Phrase

If someone tells you to hold your tongue it means they want you to stop talking, because they don't like what you are saying.

Examples:

I'm going to have to hold my tongue because I keep saying what I think and people get upset!

I had to tell Jane to hold her tongue; what she was saying didn't help us move forward in our planning meeting.

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If you make a slip of the tongue, you pronounce a word incorrectly or you say something you didn't mean to say.

Example:

I meant to tell her she was fun not fat; it was just a slip of the tongue!