Idiom
civil tongue
Meaning
A polite manner of speaking.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please keep a civil tongue when you talk to your sister.”
“Even though he was angry about the mistake, he kept a civil tongue during the meeting to remain professional.”
“Despite the intense provocation from his opponent, the diplomat maintained a civil tongue, refusing to descend into the petty insults that defined the rest of the debate.”
Examples
simple
“Please keep a civil tongue when you talk to your sister.”
contextual
“Even though he was angry about the mistake, he kept a civil tongue during the meeting to remain professional.”
complex
“Despite the intense provocation from his opponent, the diplomat maintained a civil tongue, refusing to descend into the petty insults that defined the rest of the debate.”
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