"forked tongue" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "word": "speak with a forked tongue"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The split tongue of a snake."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
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      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "word": "Janus-faced"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "word": "viperine"
        }
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "split tongue of snake",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kluven tunga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "split tongue of snake",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gadd"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 2008-03-26",
          "text": "This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness."
      ],
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          "deceptiveness",
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        [
          "duplicity",
          "duplicity"
        ],
        [
          "untruthfulness",
          "untruthfulness"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deceptiveness; untruthfulness",
          "word": "lengua viperina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "deceptiveness; untruthfulness",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kluven tunga"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "forked tongue"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "speak with a forked tongue"
    }
  ],
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Janus-faced"
    },
    {
      "word": "viperine"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The split tongue of a snake."
      ],
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        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
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        {
          "ref": "2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 2008-03-26",
          "text": "This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.",
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        }
      ],
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        "The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "duplicity",
          "duplicity"
        ],
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          "untruthfulness",
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        ]
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "split tongue of snake",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kluven tunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "split tongue of snake",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gadd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deceptiveness; untruthfulness",
      "word": "lengua viperina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deceptiveness; untruthfulness",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kluven tunga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forked tongue"
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