tongues wag

Idioms and Phrases

People are gossiping. For example, Tongues wagged when another police car was parked in front of their house , or Their arrival in a stretch limousine set the neighbors' tongues wagging . This metaphoric expression transfers the rapid movement of the tongue to idle or indiscreet chatter. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Should I keep her in my household and let the tongues wag, as they were doing, or clatter if Zoe should have a child?

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Now or never must he snatch her from difficulty and disgrace—let hostile tongues wag as they pleased—and make her his.

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Who would think that those long dusty boxes on the shelves were making scores of iron tongues wag hundreds of miles off?

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Deign to keep it in heart, for the neighbours' tongues wag as to Iémon and O'Hana.

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Their tongues wag like flowing water until the passers-by are attracted to their stalls.

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