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单词 the tongue breaks bone, though it has none
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the tongue breaks bone, though it has none
(a) the tongue breaks bone, though it has none and variants: words and speech can inflict harm or pain despite not having a physical means to do so. Obsolete.
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a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Galba) (transcript of damaged MS) (1955) 119 Ofte tunȝe breceþ bon, Þeih he habbe him-selue non.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 463 (MED) Men sein that the harde bon, Althogh himselven have non, A tunge brekth it al to pieces.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde Sig. C.vi Tongue breaketh bone, and bone it hath none.
1701 A. Pleunus Nuova e Perfetta Grammatica Inglese 265 The tongue breaks bones, though it self has none.
1874 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 11 Mar. 6/4 The tongue breaketh bone, though itself hath none.
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