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  What it means

  Literally “to bite oneself in the tongue.” Means to bite one’s tongue — to stop yourself from saying something you’d regret, to hold back words at the last moment.

  Vocabulary

  • gryźć się — to bite oneself
  • język — tongue / language

  Grammar note

  'W język' uses the accusative after 'w' — the tongue is what gets bitten.

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