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you kiss your mother with that mouthUsed to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar.Rate it:

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Have Your Heart in Your MouthTo have a feeling of extreme fear, be too afraid of somethingRate it:

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Word of MouthRumors through oral communication, gossips spreading through spoken communicationRate it:

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don't look a gift horse in the mouthDo not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely.Rate it:

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never look a gift horse in the mouthAlternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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butter won't melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:

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Don't Look a Gift Horse in the MouthDon’t complain if you get gift that is not as good as you expect; accept what you've been given without analyzing its valueRate it:

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Born With a Silver Spoon in Your MouthBorn in a family or environment that is rich, comfortable and luxuriantRate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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big mouthThe mouth of someone who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.Rate it:

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butter will not melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:

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butter would not melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:

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butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthThe identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm.Rate it:

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butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthThe identified person is prim and proper, standoffish, cool, or dispassionate.Rate it:

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diarrhea of the mouthfoolish talkativeness, logorrheaRate it:

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do you kiss your mother with that mouth?Alternative, longer form of "you kiss your mother with that mouth?"; typically said after and because someone cursedRate it:

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down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.Rate it:

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Foam at the MouthTo be extremely furious and uncontrollable much similar to an angry dogRate it:

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foot and mouthdisease of farm animalsRate it:

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foot-in-mouth diseaseA tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.Rate it:

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get it straight from the horses mouthGet it truthfully, incisively, directly, explicitly.Rate it:

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gutter mouthOne who speaks very badRate it:

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hand to mouthAlternative form of hand-to-mouthRate it:

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Hand-to-Mouth ExistenceTo hold enough money to meet expenses and live with no extra money Rate it:

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horse's mouthSource; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.Rate it:

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jungle mouthbad breath, halitosisRate it:

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Laugh Out of the Other Side of Your MouthTo made to feel sad after some happiness and excitementRate it:

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melt in the mouthTo be deliciously soft and creamy, create a melting sensation when eaten, and therefore need little chewing.Rate it:

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motor mouthOne who talks incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.Rate it:

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mouth breatherA person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive.Rate it:

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mouth breatherA person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose.Rate it:

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mouth of a sailorThe characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.Rate it:

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mouth offTo complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.Rate it:

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mouth offTo talk impudently, especially to one's superior.Rate it:

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mouth organharmonicaRate it:

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open mouth, insert footsaid when someone just said something they shouldn't have saidRate it:

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potty mouthThe characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.Rate it:

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put words in somebody's mouthTo attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has said something which he or she did not precisely or directly say.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating him or her.Rate it:

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Put Your Foot in Your MouthTo become trouble maker by uttering wrong words at wrong time, to put yourself into problem with your blundersRate it:

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put your money where your mouth issupport your words with actionRate it:

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Run Off at the MouthTo talk continuously without any interruptionsRate it:

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run off at the mouthTo speak in a disrespectful manner about somebody.Rate it:

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run off at the mouthTo talk excessively.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthTo disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthDon't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthTo boast, or brag, or talk too much.Rate it:

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straight from the horse's mouthDirectly from the source; firsthand.Rate it:

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