Meaning
To bite one's tongue
Example
Tive que morder a língua para não falar o que eu realmente pensava do chefe.
I had to bite my tongue to not say what I really thought about the boss.
Origin
Biting one's tongue is a physical reaction to keep quiet. The phrase is found in virtually every European language with the same meaning and appears in Portuguese from the 18th century.
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