bite one's tongue
прикусить (себе) язык, не проговориться
I'd rather bite my tongue than tell my parents about my problem.
Другие идиомы:
- sharp tongue
- give (someone) a tongue-lashing
- bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- set tongues wagging
- loosen (someone's) tongue
- keep a civil tongue
- bite the dust
- find one's tongue
- on the tip of one's tongue
- bite one's nails
- cause tongues to wag
- speak with a forked tongue
- bite (someone's) head off
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite the hand that feeds one