forked tongue
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forked tongue (plural forked tongues)
- The split tongue of a snake.
- (idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
- 2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 26 March 2008:
- This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.
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split tongue of snake
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deceptiveness; untruthfulness
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