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the tongue wounds more than a lance

the tongue wounds more than a lance proverb: insults and offensive speech hurt more than physical injuries.

Proverb

the tongue wounds more than a lance

  1. Insults and offensive speech hurt more than physical injuries.

Questions about the tongue wounds more than a lance

What does the tongue wounds more than a lance mean?
The tongue wounds more than a lance means insults and offensive speech hurt more than physical injuries.
What part of speech is the tongue wounds more than a lance?
The tongue wounds more than a lance is a proverb.

Words near the tongue wounds more than a lance in the dictionary

  1. the thing is
  2. the thing of it
  3. the Three Weeks
  4. the time has come
  5. the tits
  6. the tongue wounds more than a lance
  7. the tooter the sweeter
  8. the trash takes itself out
  9. the truth is in the wine
  10. the truth that
  11. the turns have tabled

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