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язык мой – враг мой
stresses
gen.
my tongue runs away with me
(
Anglophile
)
idiom.
the unruly member
proverb
an ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
;
he cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue
(used to mean: one's speaking too freely (or/and too much) does harm to the speaker)
;
one's tongue runs before
one's
wit
(contrast: a still tongue makes a wise head)
;
my unruly member is not my best friend
;
my tongue is my enemy
;
no wisdom like silence
;
ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
язык мой враг мой
idiom.
me and my big mouth
(
Yeldar Azanbayev
)
Язык мой враг мой
proverb
A man's ruin lies in his tongue
(
Maggie
)
;
A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat
(
Maggie
)
;
don't let your tongue say what your head may have to pay for
;
the tongue of men is the whip of God
;
what a man suffers is the punishment of his tongue
(
Maggie
)
;
the human tongue is more poisonous than a bee's sting
;
there is no venom like that of the tongue
язык мой-враг мой
Makarov., proverb
he cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue
proverb
an ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
(дословно: Быка берут за рога, а человека-за язык)
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