| 释义 |
to speak (sth) with an unforked tongue
phrase literary
to speak honestly and directly:
I will speak to him with a straight, unforked tongue.
She simply speaks the simple truth with an unforked tongue.
He found himself unable to speak with an entirely unforked tongue.
Speaking with an entirely unforked tongue, he described the president as a traitor.
She spoke truth with an unforked tongue when she wrote that the country faced an existential crisis.
See also
unforked
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