A tongue in the mouth
Golden tongue, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NSH é B ì K ǒ u, which means to break one's tongue. It means to talk a lot and waste one's tongue. From Xunzi Zhenglun.
Idiom usage
As an object; as a metaphor
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: keep silent
The origin of Idioms
Xunzi Zhenglun: "it's useless to speak ill of golden tongue."
Idiom explanation
Gold tongue: make a tongue out of gold. It's made of gold. It's broken. It's a waste of time to use metaphors.
A tongue in the mouth
a cornered rat will bite at a leopard cat - qióng shǔ niè lí
sleep in the same bed but dream different dreams - tóng chuáng yì mèng
do a job made easy by outside help - shǔn fēng chuī huǒ
Honest officials can cut off housework - qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì