Word info

forked tongue

Noun

Meaning


forked tongue (plural forked tongues)

The split tongue of a snake


forked tongue (plural forked tongues)

(idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on. Chris Cleave

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue. Joe Namath

To, on the one hand, claim that the Front doesn’t work and, on the other, that the Front dominates everything is to speak with a forked tongue. Source: Internet

We wonder if its GOD or the DEVIL that is twisting his forked tongue? Source: Internet

Surely this is not the first time you have run across the government using forked tongue words to muddy the constitutional waters? Source: Internet

That he was a big asshole with the eyes of a reptile and a forked tongue.” Source: Internet

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