with forked tongue
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speak with forked tongue — to dissimulate Serpents want to have a word with animal rights enthusiasts about this usage, without which writers of screenplays for Westerns would have had to dream up another cliché: Owners and players act as if there were no fans,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
speak/talk with forked tongue — speak/talk with (a) forked tongue : to speak in a dishonest way that is meant to deceive people His colleagues accused him of speaking with a forked tongue. • • • Main Entry: ↑forked speak/talk with (a) forked tongue see ↑forked • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
speak with forked tongue — speak with (a) forked tongue to make false promises or to speak in a way which is not honest. The minister is speaking with a forked tongue, promising support he will never deliver … New idioms dictionary
speak with forked tongue — v. speak with a forked tongue, speak dishonestly, speak deceptively, lie, make false statements, prevaricate … English contemporary dictionary
forked tongue — noun Date: 1833 intent to mislead or deceive usually used in the phrase to speak with forked tongue … New Collegiate Dictionary
forked tongue — ☆ forked tongue n. 〚prob. transl. of AmInd expression〛 lying or deceitful talk [to speak with a forked tongue] * * * … Universalium
forked tongue — ☆ forked tongue n. [prob. transl. of AmInd expression] lying or deceitful talk [to speak with a forked tongue] … English World dictionary
Forked tongue — A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct ends at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles. Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is… … Wikipedia
forked tongue — noun The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness. This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility. See Also: speak with a forked tongue … Wiktionary
forked tongue — See: SPEAK WITH A FORKED TONGUE … Dictionary of American idioms
