See speak with a forked tongue on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "* Possibly from the split tongue of a snake.",
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"form": "speaks with a forked tongue",
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "speaking with a forked tongue",
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"participle",
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},
{
"form": "spoke with a forked tongue",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "spoken with a forked tongue",
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}
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Talking",
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"Language",
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"ref": "2008 March 26, “Let a real \"probe\" begin”, in Sandusky Register online, retrieved 2008-03-26:",
"text": "He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful."
],
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[
"deceptively",
"deceptively"
],
[
"duplicitous",
"duplicitous"
],
[
"untruthful",
"untruthful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "out of both sides of one's mouth"
}
],
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "met twee monden spreken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "puhua yhtä ja sitten toista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "oszukiwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "oszukać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "hablar con lengua viperina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tala med kluven tunga"
}
]
}
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],
"word": "speak with a forked tongue"
}
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"etymology_text": "* Possibly from the split tongue of a snake.",
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{
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},
{
"form": "spoke with a forked tongue",
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"past"
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{
"form": "spoken with a forked tongue",
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"past"
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{
"ref": "2008 March 26, “Let a real \"probe\" begin”, in Sandusky Register online, retrieved 2008-03-26:",
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"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful."
],
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"deceptively"
],
[
"duplicitous",
"duplicitous"
],
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"untruthful",
"untruthful"
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],
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"(idiomatic) To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful."
],
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]
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "met twee monden spreken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "puhua yhtä ja sitten toista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "oszukiwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "oszukać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "hablar con lengua viperina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tala med kluven tunga"
}
],
"word": "speak with a forked tongue"
}
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