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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Bridle your tongue/control your tongue.

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Are these sentences natural? Any other suggestion is welcome.

Bridle your tongue.

Control your tongue.

Watch your tongue.

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

The first is overly literary. The last is the most natural.

— Mister Micawber

  • The first is overly literary.
  • The last is the most natural.
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The first is overly literary. The last is the most natural.
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It probably won't work in today's world, but I believe Lewis Carroll used "Keep a civil tongue in your head"!

Watch your language seems quite natural to me.

Slang: Button it. Stifle it. And numerous others.

CJ
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