hold one's tongue

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40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَمَتَ (ṣamata) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Chinese Mandarin: 保持沉默 (bǎochí chénmò) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Czech: držet jazyk za zuby — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Danish: tie — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Danish: tie stille — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Finnish: purra kieltänsä — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Finnish: pitää suunsa kiinni — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• French: tenir sa langue — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• German: den Mund halten — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Greek: κρατάω το στόμα μου κλειστό (kratáo to stóma mou kleistó) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Greek: κρατώ το στόμα μου κλειστό (krató to stóma mou kleistó) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Hungarian: befogja a száját — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Icelandic: þegja þunnu hljóði — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Italian: tenere a freno la lingua — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Italian: tenere la bocca chiusa — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Japanese: 噤む (tsugumu) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Japanese: 黙りこくる (damarikokuru) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Kikuyu: gũkira — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Latin: taceō — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Latin: compesco linguam — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Latin: favete linguis — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Māori: whakatōngā — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Polish: trzymać język za zębami — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Portuguese: morder a língua — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Romanian: tăcea — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Romanian: a-și ține gura — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Russian: придержа́ть язы́к (prideržátʹ jazýk) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Russian: держа́ть язы́к за зуба́ми (deržátʹ jazýk za zubámi) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Russian: молча́ть как ры́ба (molčátʹ kak rýba) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Russian: молча́ть как ры́ба об лёд (molčátʹ kak rýba ob ljod) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Russian: набра́ть воды́ в рот (nabrátʹ vodý v rot) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Spanish: callarse — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Spanish: guardar silencio — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Spanish: mantener la boca cerrada — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Spanish: morderse la lengua — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Spanish: cerrar el pico — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Swedish: knipa igen — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Swedish: knipa käft — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Swedish: tiga — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up
• Yiddish: בײַסן זיך די צונג (baysn zikh di tsung) — refrain from talking about something — see also shut up