Idiom
mouth of a sailor
Meaning
The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has the mouth of a sailor when he gets angry.”
“I was surprised when the polite teacher suddenly developed the mouth of a sailor after hitting her thumb with a hammer.”
“Despite his refined appearance and expensive suit, he possessed the mouth of a sailor, shocking his dinner guests with a sudden outburst of profanity.”
Examples
simple
“He has the mouth of a sailor when he gets angry.”
contextual
“I was surprised when the polite teacher suddenly developed the mouth of a sailor after hitting her thumb with a hammer.”
complex
“Despite his refined appearance and expensive suit, he possessed the mouth of a sailor, shocking his dinner guests with a sudden outburst of profanity.”
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