Bite My Tongue

Welcome to English in a minute.

where we teach you all about idioms in Amerecan English.

We have some phrases that sound alittle painful, like this one: I am going to bite my tongue.

This does not sound good, like it might hurt.

Let’s listen again.

I couldn’t believe that happened! I know.

Are you going to say something?

No I am going to bite my tongue.

I can’t believe you are not going to say something!

in American English, if I say that I’m going to bite my tongue, it means that I won’t talk about something.

I am going to keep quiet.

This is an informal phrase, not one for business.

I am going to bite my Tongue.