hold one's tongue

English

(idiomatic) To refrain from talking about something.
I don't like his political ideas, but I will hold my tongue.

refrain from talking about something — See also translations at shut up

Arabic: صَمَتَ‎‎ (ṣamata)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保持沉默 (bǎochí chénmò)
Czech: držet jazyk za zuby (cs)
Danish: tie (da), tie stille
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: purra kieltä nsä, pitää suunsa kiinni
French: tenir sa langue (fr)
German: please add this translation if you can
Greek: κρατάω το στόμα μου κλειστό (kratáo to stóma mou kleistó), κρατώ το στόμα μου κλειστό (krató to stóma mou kleistó)
Icelandic: þegja þunnu hljóði
Italian: tenere a freno la lingua

Japanese: 噤む (tsugumu), 黙りこくる (damarikokuru)
Kikuyu: gũkira
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: taceō (la), compesco linguam, favete linguis (to more than one person)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: tăcea (ro), a-și ține gura
Russian: придержа́ть язы́к pf (prideržátʹ jazýk), держа́ть язы́к за зуба́ми (ru) (deržátʹ jazýk za zubámi), молча́ть как ры́ба (molčátʹ kak rýba), молча́ть как ры́ба об лёд (dated), набра́ть воды́ в рот (ru) (nabrátʹ vodý v rot)
Spanish: callarse (es), guardar silencio, mantener la boca cerrada, morderse la lengua, cerrar el pico
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: בײַסן זיך די צונג‎‎ (baysn zikh di tsung)

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