Mouth breaking
Hi
In my language there is an expression whose literal translation would be mouth-breaking.
He gave her a mouth-breaking reply. [a very strong reply/answered that silenced her.]
Mouth-breaking reply, answer, comment, etc
Could you please help me with the English equivalent?
Regards,
Tom
Top answer
We could say: "He gave her a reply that made her jaw drop" (a "jaw-dropping reply" is possible but rather unlikely).
- We could say: "He gave her a reply that made her jaw drop" (a "jaw-dropping reply" is possible but rather unlikely).
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We could say: "He gave her a reply that made her jaw drop" (a "jaw-dropping reply" is possible but rather unlikely).
0Mr. TomHe gave her a mouth-breaking reply. [a very strong reply/answered that silenced her.]
squelching, eviscerating, gutting, crushing, punishing (reply, retort)
to squelch: to silence, as by a crushing retort. (informal and chiefly British)
CJ
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