| 词汇 | hold piece |
| 释义 | (redirected from hold piece)hold (one's) peaceTo stay quiet despite wanting to say something. Just hold your peace if you don't have anything constructive to add. I knew that anything I said would just make her angry, so I decided to hold my peace. hold one's peaceto remain silent. Bill was unable to hold his peace any longer. "Don't do it!" he cried. Quiet, John. Hold your peace for a little while longer. hold one's peacesee under hold one's tongue. hold your peaceremain silent about something.ˌhold your ˈpeace/ˈtongue(old-fashioned) say nothing; remain silent although you would like to give your opinion: We don’t want anyone to know what’s happened, so you’d better hold your tongue — do you understand?I didn’t want to start another argument, so I held my peace. |
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