Bite Your Tongue – Conversations with the Pack

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Lady Human, I heard you tell somebody to bite their tongue. That’s not a good idea. That would hurt.

Me: I didn’t mean to literally bite their tongue.

Doodlebug: Oh. Oh. I know! That was a human expression. Words that don’t mean what they say.

Me: Well, when you put it that way, it sounds kind of …

MoonCat: Stupid? Don’t say it, Lady Human. Bite your tongue.

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