Sentence examples for smart tongue from inspiring English sources

Burns, a philandering white man with a taste for brawls and a smart tongue, is often — and more than some might like, perhaps — thought to embody that past.

"These people are the sacrificial lambs on the altar of light entertainment and they have gone willingly: a smart tongue has got them to say all sorts and it is a very unfair representation of unemployment in this country.

"Croupier," filmed by Mr. Hodges from a screenplay by Paul Mayersberg, shows that the director hasn't lost his knack for whip-smart, tongue-in-cheek suspense.

Reputation for smarts, sharp tongue brought lucrative offers from private sector.

The gherkin smarts on your tongue.

But players smarting from his tongue and temper greatly admired his musicianship.

He ran his tongue along his lower lip: it smarted, felt fat, and he tasted blood.

"Imagine you're the smartest kid around and you've got a silver tongue that can talk your way out of everything," Mr. Magner told the jury.

Smart, beguiling albums by Daft Punk and Felix Da Housecat paid exuberant (if tongue-in-cheek) tribute to the sounds of the late 70's and early 80's.

The Smart Train's components are small enough, in fact, to fit easily into the tongue of one of its shoes.

Perhaps he has precisely that smart, non-macho sensibility that Poehler's gag hinted was the key to appreciating the tongue-in-cheek tragicomic melodrama of awards season.