speak with a forked tongue

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful. idiomatic
    — He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.

词形变化

speaks with a forked tongue present,singular,third-person speaking with a forked tongue participle,present spoke with a forked tongue past spoken with a forked tongue participle,past

词源

* Possibly from the split tongue of a snake.
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