"hålla tungan rätt i mun" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Forms: håller tungan rätt i mun [present], höll tungan rätt i mun [preterite], hållit tungan rätt i mun [supine], håll tungan rätt i mun [imperative]
Etymology: Literally, "keep one's tongue right (correctly) in (one's) mouth," with idiomatic phrasing ("munnen" would be more expected grammatically). Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|håller tungan rätt i mun|preterite|höll tungan rätt i mun|supine|hållit tungan rätt i mun|imperative|håll tungan rätt i mun|head=hålla tungan rätt i mun}} hålla tungan rätt i mun (present håller tungan rätt i mun, preterite höll tungan rätt i mun, supine hållit tungan rätt i mun, imperative håll tungan rätt i mun)
  1. (idiomatic) to be careful and focused so as to not make a mistake (while performing some delicate task, or often in the sense in the being careful about what one says) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: hålla tungan rätt i munnen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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