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对多数人来说舌头是身体最忙碌的部分之一。我们既用舌头来品味也用它来说话。英语中有很多由tongue组成许多习惯用语，今天我们一起来学习一下吧。 1. a tongue-lashing 斥责、训斥 When I was ten years old, mother caught me smoking a cigarette in the backyard. She gave me such a tongue-lashing that I've never touched another cigarette all my life. 我十岁的时候躲在后院抽香烟时给妈妈抓到了。她狠狠地训了我一顿，我一辈子再也没碰过香烟。 2. on the tip of your tongue ……就在嘴边 Her name is right on the tip of my tongue - Helen something or other, what is her last name! 她的名字就在我嘴边，海伦什么的，她姓什么来着? 3. bite one's tongue 忍住不说 I really wanted to tell her what I thought of him but I had to bite my tongue. 我很想跟她说我对他的看法，但是我还是忍住没说。 4. find one's tongue 开口说话 She wanted to say something but couldn't find her tongue. 她想说话，但一时却说不出来。 5. cause tongues to wag 使(人们)议论纷纷、说闲话 The way Mary was so scantily dressed will also cause tongues to wag. | 
