例句-1:When I was ten years old, mother caught me smoking a cigarette in the backyard. She gave me such a tongue-lashing that I've never touched another cigarette all my life.
你的唇枪舌剑可以用来痛斥他人,但是有时也会给自己带来麻烦。例如在下面这种情况: a slip of the tongue。 Slip可以解释“溜”或者“失误”,所以a slip of the tongue意思显然是“说溜嘴”或者“失言”。有时候你想说的是一回事,但是嘴上说出来的却是另一回事,在你不经意的情况下错误就溜出口来了。我们来听个例子:
例句-2: I'm in trouble at home. I called my wife "Susan" last night instead of "Betty." Susan is my old girl friend. Just a slip of the tongue, but Betty is so mad she won't speak to me.
例句-3: Don't trust the guy. He usually speaks with a forked tongue. He'll promise you to do one thing but more often than not he'll turn around and do exactly the opposite.