
What Does “keep a civil tongue” mean?
Definition:
(also keep a civil tongue in one’s head) to speak politely.
Example(s)
Please don’t talk like that to each other. Keep a civil tongue!
This idiom is in the parts of the body category.
  
(also keep a civil tongue in one’s head) to speak politely.
Please don’t talk like that to each other. Keep a civil tongue!
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