loose tongue
The act or habit of excessively speaking or discussing subjects that are private or…The act or habit of excessively speaking or discussing subjects that are private or confidential.
» Tom has a loose tongue.
Том базікало. — deniko
У Тома язик без кісток. — deniko
У Тома занадто довгий язик. — deniko
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1 senses(countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)The act or habit of excessively speaking or discussing subjects that are private or confidential.
Examples
6 sentencesTom has a loose tongue.
Том базікало. — deniko
She has a loose tongue.
ruОна болтает что попало. — corvard
deSie hat ein loses Mundwerk. — al_ex_an_der
I'm short-tempered, and a loose-tongued man.
I fear my loose tongue has belied any pretentions I had of sagacity.
Due to his loose tongue he often says things that he later regrets.
Forms
plural: loose tongues| Singular | loose tongue |
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.