wagging tongues
people talking
TRANSLATION
wagging tongues = der Klatsch wagging tongues = der Schwätzer, das Klatschweib --- GOOGLE INDEX wagging tongues: approximately 95,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Hollywood's WAGGING TONGUES Begin Debating Avatar
(New York Times - News Headline)
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The sports star's lingerie-inspired outfit got TONGUES WAGGING more than her winning game.
(The Wall Street Journal)
(New York Times - News Headline)
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The sports star's lingerie-inspired outfit got TONGUES WAGGING more than her winning game.
(The Wall Street Journal)
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wagging tongues
noun phrase
- lots of gossip and rumour
- people who gossip
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The verb wag means to move about quickly and repeatedly, especially in a side-to-side motion like the tail of a happy dog. A wagging tongue does not particularly indicate that someone is happy, but it seems many people enjoy wagging their tongues anyway.
As the following quotes illustrate, tongue wagging seems to be inherent in human nature.
- Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. (Will Rogers)
- Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. (Barbara Walters)
- If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. (Alice Roosevelt Longworth)
- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. (Benjamin Franklin)
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SYNONYMS
(gossip)
back-fence talk, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, scuttlebutt
(person who gossips)
busybody, gossip-monger, meddler, rumour-monger, snoop
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"There were a lot wagging tongues after he was fired for 'unprofessional conduct'."
noun phrase
- lots of gossip and rumour
- people who gossip
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The verb wag means to move about quickly and repeatedly, especially in a side-to-side motion like the tail of a happy dog. A wagging tongue does not particularly indicate that someone is happy, but it seems many people enjoy wagging their tongues anyway.
As the following quotes illustrate, tongue wagging seems to be inherent in human nature.
- Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. (Will Rogers)
- Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. (Barbara Walters)
- If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. (Alice Roosevelt Longworth)
- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. (Benjamin Franklin)
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SYNONYMS
(gossip)
back-fence talk, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, scuttlebutt
(person who gossips)
busybody, gossip-monger, meddler, rumour-monger, snoop
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"There were a lot wagging tongues after he was fired for 'unprofessional conduct'."
