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Significados de hold one's tongue en inglés

To stop speaking or making noise.

        Sinónimos
        Examples for "be silent"
        Examples for "be silent"
        1
        It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
        Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
        3
        In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
        Love and Other Stories
        4
        He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
        Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
        5
        I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
        Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
        1
        Go in the spare room, where it is cool; we'll keep quiet.
        A Daughter of the Land
        2
        You need to be able to keep quiet when hunting and fishing.
        Reuters
        3
        The story is that my father paid her to keep quiet, right?
        The hellfire club
        4
        The longer they keep quiet and do nothing, the better for us.
        The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the ...
        5
        So they keep quiet and hope someone else will take the risk.
        Earth Afire
        1
        Paris and the provinces broke out; the Parliament did not keep silent.
        Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
        2
        Although the Manchester police cleared Drake, she demanded money to keep silent.
        Ebony
        3
        Maybe Gervaise made her keep silent, and the words just built up.
        All together dead
        4
        Speak up clearly when you are spoken to, and keep silent otherwise.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        5
        Mark was right at his back, doing his best to keep silent.
        The Kill Order
        1
        Roth later allowed people to return after admonishing them to remain silent.
        Reuters
        2
        All 33 members had invoked their right to remain silent, he added.
        Reuters
        3
        Republican candidates did not exactly remain silent following the San Bernardino shooting.
        The Guardian
        4
        The law gives me the right to remain silent in any event.
        Moral
        5
        Yet he could tell that they were struggling to remain silent, too.
        Worldwinder
        Uso de hold one's tongue en inglés
        1
        Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
        How to Study and Teaching How to Study
        2
        It is a very good thing to be able to hold one's tongue!
        Stories to Tell to Children
        3
        In times like these, one must hold one's tongue.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 08: 1563-64
        4
        If one could always hold one's tongue as to what one sees, one would be the better for it.
        Pepper & Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk
        5
        When one has talked to one's self for a great many years it is hard to hold one's tongue in public.
        Clair de Lune / A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
        6
        "That's of course, mamma," said Camilla; "but yet one can't hold one's tongue altogether.
        He Knew He Was Right
        7
        "Well, well," the other broke off impatiently; "no doubt it is better to hold one's tongue.
        Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden