プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
した【舌】
❶a tongue
舌が荒れている
My tongue is rough [furry].
舌がヒリヒリする
My tongue is tingling [burning].
舌を出してください
Stick out your tongue.
❷〔しゃべる器官〕
舌がもつれて何も言えなかった
I was tongue-tied.
その言葉は舌の先まで出掛かっていた
The word was on the tip of my tongue.
幼児は回らぬ舌で「ありがとう」と言った
The infant said“Thank you”with a lisp.
舌を鳴らす
⇒したうち(舌打ち)
❸〔味覚〕
彼は舌が肥えている
He is a gourmet./He has a discriminating palate. ⇒したつづみ(舌鼓)
舌が回る
よく舌が回るね
〔批判的に〕You really do 「go on [talk]./You really 「have a glib tongue [talk a lot]./〔感心して〕How eloquent you are!
舌の先
母親を舌の先で丸め込んで旅費をせしめた
He talked [coaxed/cajoled] his mother into paying his travel(ing) expenses.
舌の根の乾かぬうち
その舌の根の乾かぬうちに彼は陳述を否認した
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than he denied what he had said.
舌を出す
❶〔きまり悪がって〕
発音を間違えてペロッと舌を出した
Embarrassed by her mispronunciation she stuck out the tip of her tongue.
❷〔軽蔑する〕
陰で舌を出した
She 「laughed at [ridiculed] him behind his back.
舌を巻く
彼の歌には同級生も舌を巻いた
His classmates were filled with admiration for his singing.