Speaking in tongues: the multiple personalities of Maria Gabriela Llansol.

Portuguese Studies | January 1, 2002| | Copyright

In English, as in Portuguese, the symbolism and significance of the tongue is patent in the number of idiomatic expressions in which it appears: it can be silver, lost, found, held, bitten, wagged, tied or twisted, sharp or forked, civil or uncivil; we make slips of the tongue, speak tongue in cheek, have things on the tip of our tongues, and negotiate between foreign tongues and our mother tongue. You can wag your own tongue, or set tongues wagging, or the cat may get your tongue. In Portuguese your tongue can be 'viva', 'morta', 'de prata', 'de trapos', 'comprida', 'de ...

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