civil tongue

Idioms and Phrases

see keep a civil tongue in one's head .

Example Sentences

"Well, I warn you to keep your distance so far as I am concerned and keep a civil tongue in your head," said Dick.

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I've never changed and if with God's help I had a civil tongue then, I've a civil tongue now.

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If thou canst not keep a civil tongue in thy head, I'll bring a thousand plagues upon thee, thou umnannerly boy.

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You keep a civil tongue in that head of yours, or I will have in some one to finish those portraits you have made of me!'

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If you dont keep a civil tongue in your head well see that youre put out of this carnival.

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