speak with a forked tongue
English
editEtymology
edit- Possibly from the split tongue of a snake.
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Verb
editspeak with a forked tongue (third-person singular simple present speaks with a forked tongue, present participle speaking with a forked tongue, simple past spoke with a forked tongue, past participle spoken with a forked tongue)
- (idiomatic) To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.
- 2008 March 26, “Let a real "probe" begin”, in Sandusky Register online, retrieved 26 March 2008:
- He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.
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