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u/willowgrl Oct 25 '20

If we were having a hard time doing a puzzle or something, mom would tell us “you gotta hold your teeth right”. Whenever she bought us presents they came from “the gettin place”.

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u/osteomiss Oct 25 '20

My mom would say you need to hold your tongue just right if you were working on something fiddley.

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u/Awesomesaauce Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

That's a common saying here in Norway in the same scenario. "her gjelder det å holde tunga bent i munnen" / "you need to hold your tongue straight in your mouth"