Sentences with phrase «to bite one's tongue»

We sit in meetings and bite our tongue in order to keep everyone happy, but we're hurting ourselves in the long run.

So you want to be open - minded, but you really can't bite your tongue when it comes to that political issue.

I don't bite my tongue for no one.

I learned to bite my tongue until they couldn't hurt me any more.

If not, just bite your tongue so you don't start screaming.

I was biting my tongue for so long but it got to the point that I was starting to second guess everything I was reading and that wasn't a good feeling.

It means I don't have to bite my tongue as much.

I am trying; trying to bite my tongue if what I am going to say is not nice, trying to gracefully separate from circumstances that say «problem» all over them.

Often, you'll have to bite your tongue on the theological error and focus on building relationships.

I shall bite my tongue about this though, as I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Now, I find biting my tongue or deleting paragraphs overwhelmingly difficult.

I intended my tone to be a little bit tongue - in - cheek.

I literally hate them because the bathrooms are filthy but I just bite my tongue and we move on.

Why else would I often bite my tongue and attempt to put the fire out?

At times, it may seem like biting our tongue is the most difficult thing to do, but you can prevail.

And sometimes love means biting your tongue and holding back, even when you don't understand or agree or approve.

When my daughter comes home from school and tells me about a problem she has with her friends, I immediately bite my tongue.

Stop biting your tongue, let your hormones help you convey your concerns.

This man was probably biting his tongue so hard during his so - called «apology» that his mouth was filled with blood.

My problem is biting my tongue when my husband makes what I believe to be a mistake.

Well, in part because women bite their tongue.

So even if you see something egregious, bite your tongue unless he specifically asks for any improvement ideas.

He spends the entire movie biting his tongue and he doesn't really break through to too many people.

I remember biting my tongue to not say a word!

Second, bite your tongue when you feel that urge.

Your best bet in this case is to bite your tongue until your friend might be most open to hearing about what a bad decision he or she is making.

Be reliable, on time, and bite your tongue if necessary to avoid criticizing them in front of the kids.

He's been biting his tongue for the last 24 months, and he can't drive the thing any harder.

Hopefully, we're able to bite our tongue so we don't go on the attack.

This may mean biting your tongue, at least initially.

A new mode in testing could help the digital helper bite its tongue at appropriate moments on your Amazon Echo device.

My only regret after hearing that is that I didn't bite my tongue because I'm sure it was a little bit more bravado than reality — I certainly hope so.

So I confess to falling into the habit sometimes of biting my tongue so hard it hurts to avoid saying things that may be perceived as dividing the sector.

Chop wood Bring wood into house Wash dishes or cook dinner WITH two small children in tow Let the dog outside in his yard area Chase down dog when he runs away Laundry Biting your tongue during Arsenic Hour Dialing a phone Breathing exercises (read: furious huffing and puffing when you get interrupted two zillion times) Finding the toddler's other shoe Retrieving objects out of time out from the top of the refrigerator Putting all the toys away.

«Quite frankly, when OREA had the college contract, there were occasions where OREA bit its tongue instead of holding RECO to account,» says Hudak.

While some Labour MPs have bitten their tongues over Tory plans to limit child tax credits to the first two children, Phillips speaks her mind as we sit down at one of the tables behind Portcullis House on a hot summer day.

Despite biting his tongue, Mourinho did let his guard slip when he said: «I prefer to be in front [in the league] rather than behind, because we have a little space for our mistakes — or the referee's mistakes.»

I recently read «Duct Tape Parenting» (the duct tape is representative of tape over the parents mouth - reminding them not to nag the child) and the overall concept is to teach and then bite your tongue and let your child help themselves.

On account of ego depletion, my relatives who spent most of the evening biting their tongues to avoid reawakening some old argument would be more likely to overeat during the meal than those who happily aired their grievances.

So, after biting their tongues all that time, jet owners were happy to help when somebody had a sincere interest in joining the club.

So the trip to China meant the PM had to smile for the cameras while presumably biting his tongue.

It was well worth it, though my husband did think I was a bit crazy to be baking in the middle of the night he kindly bit his tongue knowing that he wouldn't get any if he criticized too much.

Later, Griffin seemed to struggle biting his tongue and conceded, «I'm getting frustrated now trying to hold everything back.»

Casillas has explained that he had to bite his tongue last season, while Mourinho spoke about him regularly, but he is now just looking forward to the season ahead.

I was upstairs biting my tongue.

I don't really feel like I'm an evangelist for AP, but I will admit that there are times when I watch someone pushing a shrieking infant in a stroller and bite my tongue rather than say «y ’ know, if you just held them, they'd stop crying...».

And even if he thinks he knows how to put it on, chances are that I've discovered a better way than the way he learned when Anastasia was little and will sit by biting my tongue in my effort to not correct him.

As I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute / pretty / beautiful / well - dressed / well - manicured / well - coiffed they are.