simple&Life

很久没有认真阅读wsj了，每天基本都是进去首页晃一下，看一下标题就完事。今天看到关于McCain选了Alaska的美女州长作为VP人选，于是就点击文章大概看了一下。这个曾经是阿拉斯加小姐候选人的美女州长，看来要被McCain作为一张出其不意的好牌，来对抗Obama-Biden组合，不过至于效果如何，还得等到11月的大选再说。

好像有点离题，还是来说bite my/your tongue这个短语吧，是在上面所说的wsj文章里面看到的。具体语境没有什么大的关联，虽然我第一眼也没有能从字面猜出它的确切意思。于是就查了一下Freedictionary:

to stop yourself from saying something because it would be better not to, even if you would like to say it. I really wanted to tell her what I thought of him but I had to bite my tongue.

Urbandictionary上面的解释也比较类似：

When a person wants to say something that may be offensive or hurtful to someone, so instead says nothing.  

Opposite of speaking your mind.
She asked me if I liked her play. I just bit my tongue and nodded.
If somebody asks if you think there is something wrong with them, it is best to bite your tongue and say nothing.

呵呵，看了解释才知道确切含义，总之一句话：沉默是金！有些不该说话的场合，实在憋不住就“咬住自己的舌头”吧^_^