mouth

mouth idiom
In addition to the idiom beginning with mouth, also see bad mouth; big mouth; butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth; down in the dumps (mouth); foam at the mouth; foot in one's mouth; from the horse's mouth; hand to mouth; have one's heart in one's mouth; keep one's mouth shut; laugh out of the other side of one's mouth; leave a bad taste in one's mouth; look a gift horse in the mouth; make one's mouth water; melt in one's mouth; not open one's mouth; out of the mouths of babes; put one's money where one's mouth is; put words in someone's mouth; run off at the mouth; shoot off one's mouth; take the bit in one's mouth; take the bread out of someone's mouth; take the words out of someone's mouth; word of mouth.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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