Term Gallery logo

Meanings of own tongue in English

We have no meanings for "own tongue" in our records yet.
Usage of own tongue in English
1
A second later he was addressing the chief in his own tongue.
A Mating in the Wilds
2
Some of the people-Egyptiansmostly-criedout to her in their own tongue:-
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
3
Ridge could understand and could talk to her in her own tongue.
"Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American War
4
All were flushed with drink and talking loudly in their own tongue.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
5
He saluted and addressed them in their own tongue, causing manifest surprise.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
6
He heard a curious sound: Mr. Stone was blowing his own tongue.
Fraternity
7
A Frenchman would find few people there to speak his own tongue.
The Soul of the War
8
Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo came up with his own tongue-in-cheek retort.
Reuters
9
What do the English care about operas written in their own tongue?
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
10
Not my own wife shall know, unless your own tongue telleth her.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
11
She feared her own tongue, she feared her own anger, and stopped.
Agatha Webb
12
At least he did not stumble over his own tongue this time.
To the blight: the eye of the world
13
When she tried to talk she almost choked on her own tongue.
A feast for crows
14
The young woman glared at him, muttering something in her own tongue.
Oracle's Queen
15
Then he speaks to her in his own tongue, which she understands.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
16
Even his own tongue, Gnommish, had been severely culled by the demons.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
This collocation consists of:
Own tongue through the time
Own tongue across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common