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a sharp tongue
a tendency to reply sharply or sarcastically Karly is a beautiful girl, but her sharp tongue may be a problem.
a slip of the tongue
a spoken error or mistake, a word that slips out I said brew instead of blue. It was a slip of the tongue.
a stone's throw
a short distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, just a stone's throw from our door.
a tongue-lashing
a scolding, a lecture, a talking to When Sis came home drunk, Dad gave her a tongue-lashing.
beat your head against a stone wall
try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.
bite your tongue
do not say that, you should not have said that "When I mention Dad's temper Mom says, ""Bite your tongue."""
blood from a stone
(See get blood from a stone)
blow your stones
ejaculate, come There's more to it than blowing your stones. Sex is an art form.
button one
stop talking, keep a secret, be quiet Please button your lip so that we can hear what the speaker is saying.
button your lip
do not tell anyone, on the QT Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don't tell Dad.
buttonhole you
stop you and talk to you, corner you and bore you At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked me to vote Reform.
cat got your tongue
why do you not speak? lose your tongue? "Before I could reply, she said, ""Cat got your tongue?"""
come down on like a ton of bricks
reprove, punish harshly """Whenever I make the slightest mistake, my boss comes down on me like a ton of bricks."""
cotton-picking
thieving, doggone, flipping, ruddy Get your cotton-pickin' fingers off that bike! Don't touch it!
cotton to that
believe in that, do that, relate to that City folks play cards on Sunday, but we don't cotton to that.
find my tongue
think of something to say, think of a reply When she told me she had AIDS, I couldn't find my tongue.
get blood from a stone
do an impossible task, beat your head against... You'll get blood from a stone before you get money from Ed.
go at it hammer and tongs
fight with great strength or energy, have a bad argument They were going at it hammer and tongs when the police came to their house.
hammer and tongs
angrily, furiously, fight tooth and nail The two men were arguing - going at it hammer and tongs.
heart of stone
a nature without pity The man who murdered his wife and children has a heart of stone.
hold your tongue
be polite, do not talk back When your father is talking, you hold your tongue. You be quiet.
honky-tonk
a cheap night-club or dance hall We went to a small honky-tonk in the small town where we stopped last night.
keep your nose to the grindstone
continue to work hard Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam.
kill two birds (with one stone)
get two with one try, do two jobs on one trip If you sell and advertise at the same time, you kill two birds... .
kill two birds with one stone
achieve two aims with one effort/action If you take the course now you may be able to kill two birds with one stone and receive credit for it on a future program.
kiss the blarney stone
say a lot of compliments, flattery will get you... You always say that I look nice. Did you kiss the blarney stone?
leave no stone unturned
try in every way, do everything possible The police left no stone unturned when they were looking for the little girl who was lost.
like a ton of bricks
strongly or forcefully The news of his retirement hit me like a ton of bricks.
lose your tongue
be unable to think what to say, cat got your tongue, mind goes blank It's embarrassing to lose your tongue when you're standing in front of an audience.
on the button
correct, accurate, dead on, spot on When Fern guessed my age, she was right on the button: 39.
on the tip of my tongue
almost able to recall, beginning to remember Her name is on the tip of my tongue. It begins with K.
pop your buttons
feel very proud, be full of pride When you received the award, did you pop your buttons?
press the panic button
become very scared, panic, freak If a dog growls at me, I press the panic button. I scream and run.
push the panic button
become very frightened or excited at a time of danger or worry At first he thought that his wallet had been stolen but before he pushed the panic button and told everyone he looked around again and found it.
push the right buttons
say the right things, do the right things The players want to play for Pat. She pushes all the right buttons.
roll off the tongue
natural to say, easy to pronounce Podnzilowicz is a name that doesn't roll off the tongue.
rolling stone
a person who does not live or work in one place He is a rolling stone and I never know where to find him.
silver-tongued
nice-talking, smooth talker A silver-tongued salesman sold me this car, but I can't drive!
skeleton in one
family secret I heard that he has a lot of skeletons in his closet that he doesn
skeleton in the closet
unpleasant secrets, old scandals Every family has a skeleton in the closet - a dark secret or two.
slip of the tongue
say the wrong thing at the wrong time His insult to the customer was a major slip of the tongue.
stone-broke
having no money He was stone-broke after he came back from his holiday in Greece.
stone dead
very dead, no sign of life, dead as a doornail When we finally found the goose, it was stone dead.
stone's throw
(See a stone's throw)
stone unturned
(See leave no stone unturned)
stoned
drugged, natural high on drugs, spaced out, wasted If he's stoned, he shouldn't drive. Let's hide his keys.
stonewall
block, prevent, not allow The president stonewalled every one of our plans. He said no.
tip of my tongue
(See on the tip of my tongue)
ton of bricks
(See come down on like a ton of bricks)
tone down
"make softer or nicer; not so harsh" """What do you think of the letter?"" ""I'd tone it down. It's too harsh."""