Idiom
lay one's tongue to
Meaning
To say; to name; to think of to say.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot lay my tongue to the name of that song.”
“She knew the answer perfectly well, but she could not lay her tongue to the right words during the presentation.”
“Although the memory of the event remained vivid in his mind, he found he could not lay his tongue to a single phrase that might adequately describe the tragedy.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot lay my tongue to the name of that song.”
contextual
“She knew the answer perfectly well, but she could not lay her tongue to the right words during the presentation.”
complex
“Although the memory of the event remained vivid in his mind, he found he could not lay his tongue to a single phrase that might adequately describe the tragedy.”
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