活用英文Idioms︱何时要Bite your tongue（咬舌头）？即睇意思/例句/小测验
更新时间：11:30 2026-09-26 HKT
发布时间：11:30 2026-09-26 HKT
发布时间：11:30 2026-09-26 HKT
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英文词汇的用法灵活多变，仅仅记着某个单字的意思，往往不足以理解整句句子。《星岛教育》精选多个有趣的Idioms(惯用语)，拆解含义之余，亦提供例句与小测验，方便小朋友理解。今期介绍将会介绍「Bite your tongue」，字面上的意思是「咬舌头」，但实际意义却不是如此！
意思
To stop yourself from saying what you really want to say (把想说的话吞回肚子里)
例句
- Renzo wanted to tell Noel his boss was a bad person but he had to bite his tongue. (Renzo 本想告诉 Noel 他的老板为人很差，却忍着没说出口。)
- “I don’t actually like this flavour but I’ll bite my tongue since they got me a birthday cake.” (「其实我并不喜欢这个口味，但既然这是他们送我的生日蛋糕，我就不说什么了。」)
小测验
Your friend says she got grounded after arguing with her mum and wishes she just “bit her tongue”. What does she mean?(答案在文末)
- She wishes her tongue bled
- She wanted to bite her mum’s tongue
- She wishes she just stopped arguing with her
Bite your tongue(咬舌头)
答案：3
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