In this lesson, I will teach you eight expressions in English that have to do with your tongue. The tongue is a funny pink organ in your mouth that allows you to taste delicious food and other tongues. Though we know it as a part of the body, we also use the word “tongue” in several expressions in English. Here are some examples: “Has the cat got your tongue?”, “silver tongue”, “bite your tongue”, “on the tip of my tongue”, and “speak in tongues”. The eight expressions you will learn in this video are commonly used by native English speakers. You might have even seen or heard them in movies, books, and in conversation. English may not be your mother tongue, but learning new expressions is a great way to improve your speaking and comprehension.
Thank you Ronnie. Do you also use the phrase ‘tongue in cheek’ ? Would you give me an example, please?
FELES
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joe921
id like to learn how to speak english.
menjie
hahah i got ten as well hahaha
menjie
may i ask between was and have ? when do i use it in sentence .
menjie
A lot of thanks Ronnie, amazing lesson, but you forget point five.
See you sonn again.
Enrique Otero
It means that you do not remember the word. she is on tip tongue but you do not remember.
“I know her – her name is on the tip of my tongue, but it won’t come to me.”
Iva Marinho
Hi Ronnie! We use several of this phrases in Spanish like “Has the cat got your tongue?” but here are the mice not a cat: Did the mice eat your tongue? “bite your tongue” is very commonly used as well “on the tip of my tongue”, literally traduced. Mother tongue (and why not father tong) are also used, actually I’ve two mother (and father) tong, Spanish and Ukrainian. Thanks for this lesson!
Jorge
Hello, Jorge! After the watching this lesson I’ve looked for idioms with ‘tongue’ in my native languages (Belarusian or Russian) and remembered idiom ‘Tongue will bring you to Kiev’. As I see in your comment, Ukrainian is one of your mother tongues, so you must know it! It’s very interesting. Maybe you know the origin of this idiom?
NataEV
Hi NataEV. I didn’t hear this proverb before but, you know, there are many proverbs in all languages, in Ukrainian also. After searching a bit in Google and I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43IfjgyDLM in which the author explains that the proverb you mentioned could has two possible uses: the tong can head you anywhere or it can get you in trouble.
Jorge
Thank you for the answer and for sharing the link, I never heard about the long version, but it is completely changes the meaning.
In the comments below I’ve share some idioms that are used in Belarus and translate them into English, maybe you will be interested. Of course, some of them can be similar to another languages’ idioms.
NataEV
I don´t like the way you speak about avenagelists. You are worong about your remarks about them. Because not all people are the same and not all evangelists are the same. I am evangelists and we don´t ask for many to anyone.
I think these videos are for learning English and not for giving out of place comments.
valeri85
said I had 80% but only had one worng
monty56
Thanks Ronni for a great lesson ???
husam simawi
I got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Mohammad
Thank you very much
Assam
You explained very well Ronnie, I did able to get 10, congratulations!
leandrof
Thanks Ronnie for these expression tips!
Roberto
I got 10
rondigoias
hello there
menjie
I loved the way you teach. You are so funny and I loved you. Thank you for your hard working.
Hagar Abdellatif
it’s useful, thanks for your teaching.
wenhsuan
Thank you Ronnie!!
knopfler86
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE GOOD TEACHER.
AbdikarimSaladHashi
thank you ronnie
ayalt
Thanks a lot! Such a great lesson!
Danielfcv
It was very interesting lesson Thanks
gaboge
Ten correct out of ten, thank you for the good lesson.
anuchan1988
thank you very much Ronnie
dickens
Good
Lawalihamza5
hi Ronnie
after the explanation of slip of tongue, you proved it practically………… got it? yes, its happened in your continuity of explanation…. yes. You really missed explaining the pint no 5. “on the tip of my tongue”
mmdsam
there were really helpful expressions.
thank you Ronni
almahdi860
Thank u Ronnie it was verry good les son
But i think that u forget to explain the 5th one :p
Temine ikhlasse
I got 10 out of 10 thank you.
pheladi
Hi there! I’m from Belarus and my mother language is Belarusian. But the most people here speaks Russian language.
We also have idioms with the word ‘tongue’. Some of them is similar to English but we have a different ones as well. I’ve translated a few our idioms literally (word for word) from Russian language.
‘Long tongue’ – about the person who speaking too much and telling other people’s secrets.
‘Quick (brisk) on the tongue’ – about person who speaks well and have answers to all questions.
‘Sharp tongue’ – about sarcastic, waspish person.
‘Tongue without bones’ – speaking too much.
‘Tongue will bring you to Kiev’ – wish for a traveler to ask for direction more often (I like this one very much :)).
‘Can break down the tongue’ – about the words which is difficult to pronounce.
‘Tongue on the shoulder’ – about exhausted person.
‘Devil pulled his tongue’ – when you say something you shouldn’t say.
And so on and so forth! I’m happy to share this idioms with you. Share fun idioms you have in your language!
NataEV
Thank you for sharing these! It’s always interesting to see other languages’ idioms. We also have “sharp tongue”. And we describe words or phrases that are hard to pronounce as “tongue twisters”.
engVid Moderator
Thank you Ronnie.
Tyrion
I’got 10. Thanks Ronnie. You’re awesome
atejada
Hi to all member, I am new want to learn English Hope you guys help me
sh.haibat
My mother tongue is bahasa (Indonesia).
Astri
Very interesting! Thank you much!))
MargaritaT
For the first time Igor everything right at the quiz, thank you Ronnie
Dresi66
Nice Ronnie
Hany Aly
Thank you Ronnie, I love your way of teaching…!
Victor Zaldana
I’ve got 10/10. Actually Vietanmese has a idiom about Tongue the same Belarus is “Tongue without bones’ but it’s the other meaning in vietnamese. Tongue without bones or soft tongue is means say lie, not true and probably this or that etc…
nguyen van long
Thank you dear Ronnie. In Persian we have the exact expression ” on the tip of my tongue” and instead of cat we use mice or mouse “has the mice got your tongue” and some more ” red tongue would make green head gone with the wind” can not translate it; means some times you say a word and you lose your head, you could die.
soozi
Thank you, Teacher Ronnie. I’ve learned something new about tongue expression today!!
Wutthiwat
Tank you Ronnie
Is there an expression to say the food is delicious?
Thanks
Marc Reynald
10 out of 10 without seeing the video :) yay
impaula
cuz y have a sliver brain LOL
BU HAMDY
thanks ronnie Igot 100
mallaha
Thanks to my fav teacher, 10/10. =D
ctierrez
Thanks for your explaining this lesson and I hope you well.
Best Regards,
Xayaaka
Xayaaka
I’m going to try another time just I got 60%
Xayaaka
Good Action I do it. just I received the score of my test exam is 100% D
Xayaaka
Good job!!
engVid Moderator
We have almost all these expressions on our mother tongue. We have another one to talk about a gossip person, ex: “Mary has a rag tongue” (in portuguese: “Maria tem uma língua de trapo).
Marcio07
Thank you so much Mses Ronnie.
Elkhiat
it s a very interesting lessons.70 marks not bad initially. indeed i am enjoying it.
MAHENDRA1962
Thank you
Prakash s bhasagi
Thank for lessons
Matheus Carvalho
Hello everyone:)
It was a very interesting lesson.
Thanks for that.
See you later in the next lesson. :)
marcin95
Thanks Ronnie. I’ve go 10/10. In Spain we have almost all this expressions.
My mother tongue is català and I also can speak French, When i have a word on the tip of my tongue I try to see a dictionary to find out what is It. Even I make a lot of slips of the tongue I don’t bite it , and try to avoid the cats…….
sofema
thanks Ronnie
al willis
Ronnie, you are the best. I love your lessons very much!
Larysa
Thanks Ronnie.
rueipeng
thanks Ronnie, your lesson are amazings
karen2021
9/10! Good! So interesting in this lesson. There have some proverbs like the Chinese language.
Jerry Gu
Thank yuo
Wass321nnn
Hi Ronnie your lessons are very super
Iam from India
Nanduvardhan
10/10
An interesting lesson and I learned some new expressions and words.
Thank you Ronnie!!!
Denise Pimenta
Dear Mrs.Ronnie, I cannot speak in tongues either.Do not worry! But in my opinion you have got a silver tongue as an English teacher!
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72 COMMENTS
Thank you Ronnie. Do you also use the phrase ‘tongue in cheek’ ? Would you give me an example, please?
I’got 10. Thanks Ronnie. You’re so cool teacher.
id like to learn how to speak english.
hahah i got ten as well hahaha
may i ask between was and have ? when do i use it in sentence .
A lot of thanks Ronnie, amazing lesson, but you forget point five.
See you sonn again.
It means that you do not remember the word. she is on tip tongue but you do not remember.
“I know her – her name is on the tip of my tongue, but it won’t come to me.”
Hi Ronnie! We use several of this phrases in Spanish like “Has the cat got your tongue?” but here are the mice not a cat: Did the mice eat your tongue? “bite your tongue” is very commonly used as well “on the tip of my tongue”, literally traduced. Mother tongue (and why not father tong) are also used, actually I’ve two mother (and father) tong, Spanish and Ukrainian. Thanks for this lesson!
Hello, Jorge! After the watching this lesson I’ve looked for idioms with ‘tongue’ in my native languages (Belarusian or Russian) and remembered idiom ‘Tongue will bring you to Kiev’. As I see in your comment, Ukrainian is one of your mother tongues, so you must know it! It’s very interesting. Maybe you know the origin of this idiom?
Hi NataEV. I didn’t hear this proverb before but, you know, there are many proverbs in all languages, in Ukrainian also. After searching a bit in Google and I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43IfjgyDLM in which the author explains that the proverb you mentioned could has two possible uses: the tong can head you anywhere or it can get you in trouble.
Thank you for the answer and for sharing the link, I never heard about the long version, but it is completely changes the meaning.
In the comments below I’ve share some idioms that are used in Belarus and translate them into English, maybe you will be interested. Of course, some of them can be similar to another languages’ idioms.
I don´t like the way you speak about avenagelists. You are worong about your remarks about them. Because not all people are the same and not all evangelists are the same. I am evangelists and we don´t ask for many to anyone.
I think these videos are for learning English and not for giving out of place comments.
said I had 80% but only had one worng
Thanks Ronni for a great lesson ???
I got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Thank you very much
You explained very well Ronnie, I did able to get 10, congratulations!
Thanks Ronnie for these expression tips!
I got 10
hello there
I loved the way you teach. You are so funny and I loved you. Thank you for your hard working.
it’s useful, thanks for your teaching.
Thank you Ronnie!!
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE GOOD TEACHER.
thank you ronnie
Thanks a lot! Such a great lesson!
It was very interesting lesson Thanks
Ten correct out of ten, thank you for the good lesson.
thank you very much Ronnie
Good
hi Ronnie
after the explanation of slip of tongue, you proved it practically………… got it? yes, its happened in your continuity of explanation…. yes. You really missed explaining the pint no 5. “on the tip of my tongue”
there were really helpful expressions.
thank you Ronni
Thank u Ronnie it was verry good les son
But i think that u forget to explain the 5th one :p
I got 10 out of 10 thank you.
Hi there! I’m from Belarus and my mother language is Belarusian. But the most people here speaks Russian language.
We also have idioms with the word ‘tongue’. Some of them is similar to English but we have a different ones as well. I’ve translated a few our idioms literally (word for word) from Russian language.
‘Long tongue’ – about the person who speaking too much and telling other people’s secrets.
‘Quick (brisk) on the tongue’ – about person who speaks well and have answers to all questions.
‘Sharp tongue’ – about sarcastic, waspish person.
‘Tongue without bones’ – speaking too much.
‘Tongue will bring you to Kiev’ – wish for a traveler to ask for direction more often (I like this one very much :)).
‘Can break down the tongue’ – about the words which is difficult to pronounce.
‘Tongue on the shoulder’ – about exhausted person.
‘Devil pulled his tongue’ – when you say something you shouldn’t say.
And so on and so forth! I’m happy to share this idioms with you. Share fun idioms you have in your language!
Thank you for sharing these! It’s always interesting to see other languages’ idioms. We also have “sharp tongue”. And we describe words or phrases that are hard to pronounce as “tongue twisters”.
Thank you Ronnie.
I’got 10. Thanks Ronnie. You’re awesome
Hi to all member, I am new want to learn English Hope you guys help me
My mother tongue is bahasa (Indonesia).
Very interesting! Thank you much!))
For the first time Igor everything right at the quiz, thank you Ronnie
Nice Ronnie
Thank you Ronnie, I love your way of teaching…!
I’ve got 10/10. Actually Vietanmese has a idiom about Tongue the same Belarus is “Tongue without bones’ but it’s the other meaning in vietnamese. Tongue without bones or soft tongue is means say lie, not true and probably this or that etc…
Thank you dear Ronnie. In Persian we have the exact expression ” on the tip of my tongue” and instead of cat we use mice or mouse “has the mice got your tongue” and some more ” red tongue would make green head gone with the wind” can not translate it; means some times you say a word and you lose your head, you could die.
Thank you, Teacher Ronnie. I’ve learned something new about tongue expression today!!
Tank you Ronnie
Is there an expression to say the food is delicious?
Thanks
10 out of 10 without seeing the video :) yay
cuz y have a sliver brain LOL
thanks ronnie Igot 100
Thanks to my fav teacher, 10/10. =D
Thanks for your explaining this lesson and I hope you well.
Best Regards,
Xayaaka
I’m going to try another time just I got 60%
Good Action I do it. just I received the score of my test exam is 100% D
Good job!!
We have almost all these expressions on our mother tongue. We have another one to talk about a gossip person, ex: “Mary has a rag tongue” (in portuguese: “Maria tem uma língua de trapo).
Thank you so much Mses Ronnie.
it s a very interesting lessons.70 marks not bad initially. indeed i am enjoying it.
Thank you
Thank for lessons
Hello everyone:)
It was a very interesting lesson.
Thanks for that.
See you later in the next lesson. :)
Thanks Ronnie. I’ve go 10/10. In Spain we have almost all this expressions.
My mother tongue is català and I also can speak French, When i have a word on the tip of my tongue I try to see a dictionary to find out what is It. Even I make a lot of slips of the tongue I don’t bite it , and try to avoid the cats…….
thanks Ronnie
Ronnie, you are the best. I love your lessons very much!
Thanks Ronnie.
thanks Ronnie, your lesson are amazings
9/10! Good! So interesting in this lesson. There have some proverbs like the Chinese language.
Thank yuo
Hi Ronnie your lessons are very super
Iam from India
10/10
An interesting lesson and I learned some new expressions and words.
Thank you Ronnie!!!
Dear Mrs.Ronnie, I cannot speak in tongues either.Do not worry! But in my opinion you have got a silver tongue as an English teacher!