Sentence examples of "sharp tongue" in English
You know, it's funny how often a person's sharp tongue can end up cutting their own throat.
Ты знаешь, забавно, как часто персона с острым языком заканчивает, перерезая им собственное горло.
Do not fear the heavens and the earth, but be afraid of hearing a person from Wenzhou speak in their local tongue.
Не бойся неба и земли, бойся услышать человека из Вэньчжоу, говорящего на местном диалекте.
He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.
Он был на грани того, чтобы раскрыть тайну, когда острый взгляд Марты заставил его замолчать.
German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
Немецкая пунктуация педантична, английская — хаотична, а в эсперанто доктор Заменгоф предлагал оглядываться на родной язык. Поди тут разберись!
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