loosen somebody's tongue

1 TALK TO somebodyto make someone talk more than usual, especially about things they should not talk about 使某人说话不拘束〔尤指说不该说的事〕

Examples from the Corpus

loosen somebody’s tongue• The wine loosened his tongue.

→ loosen somebody’s tongue at loosen(2)

2 informalTALK TO somebody if something such as alcohol loosens your tongue, it makes you talk a lot 〔喝酒等〕使某人话多，使某人管不住嘴

The wine had certainly loosened her tongue.

她喝了酒，话当然就变得多了起来。

→ loosen somebody’s tongue at tongue1(11)

单词	loosen somebody's tongue
释义	loosen somebody's tongue loosen somebody's tongue 1 TALK TO somebodyto make someone talk more than usual, especially about things they should not talk about 使某人说话不拘束〔尤指说不该说的事〕 Examples from the Corpus loosen somebody’s tongue• The wine loosened his tongue. → loosen somebody’s tongue at loosen(2) 2 informalTALK TO somebody if something such as alcohol loosens your tongue, it makes you talk a lot 〔喝酒等〕使某人话多，使某人管不住嘴 The wine had certainly loosened her tongue. 她喝了酒，话当然就变得多了起来。 → loosen somebody’s tongue at tongue1(11)
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