"silver tongue" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-silver tongue.ogg [Australia] Forms: silver tongues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver tongue (plural silver tongues)
  1. (idiomatic) The trait of being clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: silver-tongued Translations (trait of being clever at speaking): língua afiada (Portuguese), златоу́ст (zlatoúst) [masculine] (Russian), pico de oro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-silver_tongue-en-noun-eKxiWP49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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