对话：

A:Mother shouted at me just now. I was to scared to find my tongue.

我妈妈对外大嚷，我吓得说不出话来。

B:Why? I think she is always kind to you. You must have done something wrong. What did you do?

怎么啦?我觉得她对你总是很和蔼的，一定是做错了什么事情了。你做什么啦?

A:I only lost her favorite CD.

我只是弄丢了她最喜欢的CD光盘。

find one’s tongue

释义：

togue作为名词，有“语言”的意思，如mother tongue中的tongue;find作为动词，意为：找到，找回，寻求，寻得。所以，find one’s tongue字面意思是“找回某人的语言”，引申为“终于能够开口说话，终于说得出来”。

范例：

Eg.Thefrightenedgirl at last find her tongue and tell us the whole story.

惊恐不安的女孩终於开口了把整个经历告诉了我们。

Eg.My son found his tongue to tell me the truth that he cheated in the exams last night.

我的儿子在昨晚终于开口说实话，他在考试中作弊了。