Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
Examples
“The demon climbed out the window and across the front, where he perched like a hood ornament from hell, his forked tongue flying in the wind like a storm-swept pennon, spattering the windshield with saliva.”
“The snake-thing was the last to leave, flicking its forked tongue and clawing the ground in front of it.”
“In another moment the ass was close to the thicket, and with a cold shudder of horror, we beheld the snake rear itself from its lair, the fiery eyes glanced around, the dark deadly jaws opened widely, the forked tongue darted greedily forth — poor Grizzle’s fate was sealed.”
“It clattered to the floor, barely missing the lizardlike tail of another godboy, who flicked his forked tongue in annoyance at him and then scuttled away.”
“He twisted his body into winding folds, and darted out his forked tongue with frightful hissings.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘forked tongue’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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This is not a list
you know that thing where the Eskimos have 50 words for snow?
little white lie, big lie, the Big Lie, economical with t..., muddy the waters, fabrication, deception, lies, damned lies..., façade, slander, omission, web of lies and 165 more...
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Pants on fire
Synonyms and euphemisms for lie, liar, or lying.
disingenuous, equivocator, fabricator, fibber, maligner, prevaricator, hypocrite, mendacity, mendacious, fabulist, pantelones encend..., pinocchio and 16 more...
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kewpid's Words
moleskine, araldite, dessicate, cellar door, grotesque, fallacy, vendetta, raindrop, panacea, ethereal, hircus, treppenwitz and 446 more...
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Phrases
what am i - chopp..., forked tongue, bee's knees, the great unwashed, at first blush, betwixt and between, i like the cut of..., on the hoof, high dudgeon, through the looki..., comeback sauce, thunder wonder and 1 more...
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Speaking in tongues
Tongue words and phrases.
tongue-tied, tongue-lashing, tongue-twister, tongue-in-cheek, forked tongue, tongue-chain, speaking in tongues, gift of tongues, on the tip of one..., tongue-work, tongue-fence, tongue bone and 72 more...
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Random Favorite Words
Just random favorite words of mine.
comme ci, comme ça, frell, frack, mu*, history repeats i..., electile dysfunction, ombibulous, forked tongue
Tweets
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yarb She hath abated me of half my train;
Look'd black upon me; struck me with her tongue,
Most serpent-like, upon the very heart...
- Shakespeare, King Lear, II. iv. Aug 19, 2008
kewpid 'twas believed in ancient times that a venomous snake injected poison not from its fangs but through its forked tongue. Aug 19, 2008