Are you a person with a silver tongue?

Today’s English
April 16th, 2017

If you really have the skill to persuade someone to do what you want, you are having a silver tongue.  Anyone with such a skill can be called as a silver-tongued one. (Used as adjective)

1. She has the silver tongue to change his mind.
2. Great leaders are often silver-tongued and they know how to talk.

Other useful expressions with “tongue”:

1. Bite your tongue = try to control yourself when you are about to tell something
Why do you bite your tongue? Tell me what happened.
Somehow she managed to bite her tongue and didn’t tell his name.

2. To have loose tongue= to talk too much about private affairs
Beware of telling this matter to her. She has the loose tongue.
Don’t say anything to her. She has the loose tongue.

3. A slip of the tongue = a small mistake in what you say
Sorry, I said “leaf" not leap, just a slip of the tongue.
Suppose the mistake is in writing, you can say, “a slip of the pen".

4. On the tip of your tongue = You know a name or word but you couldn’t remember now
Do you know where he works? Yes, but only on the tip of  my tongue now.

5. Tongue-tied = Not able to speak due to shyness or nervousness
She was tongue-tied in the interview and couldn’t answer many questions.
Did you propose your love? Sorry, I’m tongue-tied whenever I’m near him.

“Words can be medicines; they can also be poisons. Words can heal; they can also kill... Let us not abuse our words. It's a misuse of the tongue!”
- Israelmore Ayivor