speak with a forked tongue (English, verb)
expansion: speak with a forked tongue (third-person singular simple present speaks with a forked tongue, present participle speaking with a forked tongue, simple past spoke with a forked tongue, past participle spoken with a forked tongue)
Senses:
glosses: To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: speaks with a forked tongue
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: speaking with a forked tongue
tags: participle
present
form: spoke with a forked tongue
tags: past
form: spoken with a forked tongue
tags: participle
past