Your mother tongue is the language that you learned as a child. Another term would be your milk language. This is the language that you understand the best, and with which you are most familiar. It is also the accent that you will speak when you are under stress or with your family.
A "tongue lashing" is a an angry lecture. If you make a mental image of someone slapping you with their tongue, you can understand where they came up with this humorous idiom. Instead of saying you got a lecture for being late again, you can say "I really got a tongue lashing from the teacher!"
One with a silvery tongue, is someone who is a smooth or persuasive speaker.
An idiomatic expression in Tagalog is a phrase or sentence that has a figurative meaning different from its literal translation. It is often used to convey a specific message or emotion in a more colorful and culturally nuanced way. Examples include "buhay na parang gulong" (life is like a wheel) which means life is full of ups and downs, and "gatas sa dila" (milk on the tongue) which means sweet talk or flattery.
"BITE YOUR TONGUE" means not to be rude or make a bad comment. To make a sarcastic comment is one that is "TONGUE IN CHEEK".
Rahul Dravid's mother tongue is Kannada.
A "tongue lashing" is a an angry lecture. If you make a mental image of someone slapping you with their tongue, you can understand where they came up with this humorous idiom. Instead of saying you got a lecture for being late again, you can say "I really got a tongue lashing from the teacher!"
One with a silvery tongue, is someone who is a smooth or persuasive speaker.
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An idiomatic expression in Tagalog is a phrase or sentence that has a figurative meaning different from its literal translation. It is often used to convey a specific message or emotion in a more colorful and culturally nuanced way. Examples include "buhay na parang gulong" (life is like a wheel) which means life is full of ups and downs, and "gatas sa dila" (milk on the tongue) which means sweet talk or flattery.
Her mother tongue is 'Tulu'.
The Mother Tongue has 279 pages.
== In this case tongue means language. It is called mother tongue because it is the language spoken by the mother country in which you were born. In multilingual societies like Nigeria, Ghana and most African countries, mother tongue cannot refer to only the language spoken by the mother country. Mother tongue would mean the language the mother or caretaker passes on to the child. The assumption is that children grow under the eye of their mothers, hence mother tongue.
"BITE YOUR TONGUE" means not to be rude or make a bad comment. To make a sarcastic comment is one that is "TONGUE IN CHEEK".
Sunil Gavaskar's Mother tongue is Konkani
"The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" was written by Bill Bryson in 1990.
Yes it is, tongue and mother tongue as a synonym.
Spanish is the mother tongue but many do speak English.