Basic Needs

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Everyday Expressions
n.
Dont talk with your mouth full.
n.
The town is situated at the mouth of a river.
n.
A rockslide blocked mouth of the cave.
n.
Shes got five mouths to feed.
--- to pout (ones mouth)
--- to rinse ones mouth

mouthful

mouthpiece

mouthwash

mouth to mouth
mouth watering

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- the mouth of a bag
--- by word of mouth
--- to shut ones mouth
--- to make ones mouth water
--- to have a big mouth

 --- to run off at the mouth

Idioms & Slang
zip ones mouth ---
keep ones mouth shut ---
open ones mouth wide ---
live from hand to mouth ---
be born with a silver spoon in ones mouth ---
shoot ones mouth off ---
all mouth and no action ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
A: I have informed Jerry by word of mouth.
B: Thats good.
A: The doctor says that hes suffering from cancer.
B: Keep your mouth shut. He couldnt stand it.
A: Look over there!
B: Oh, my mouth watered for ice cream.
A: I dont understand how everybody knows it.
B: Well you see, bad news spreads rapidly from mouth to mouth.
A: What did you say?
B: I said at 6 tonight.
A: Please put the receiver closer to your mouth. I cant hear you.
After brushing my teeth, I always rinse my mouth with mouthwash.

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

Jonah: I thought that was for hiccups?

Post-man: For hiccups.
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Post-man:...take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for

a minute.
Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth.

Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies.

Quotations
A closed mouth catches no flies.
Italian Proverb. Don Quixote, bk. 3, ch. 11, pt. 1 (1605). This is one of the
"catalogue of musty proverbs" quoted by Sancho Panza.