If you are about to braise a fish in tongue-searing chili sauce, what's the point of soaking it in wine?

如果你打算将鱼放在灼热的辣椒汁中煮，那么将鱼泡在酒中有用么？

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And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.

我也参考了韦氏词典，其中把这一古老希腊词语跟别的希腊语——“glochin”或“glochis”联系了起来，这两个词的意思为“一个伸出来的点”，我想这也跟“伸出舌头”恰好相符了。

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Which brings me to the simple, take-home point: if you want to make your two-year old the color-naming talk of the party, watch your tongue.

好吧，把最简单的理论带回家吧：如果你想让你2岁的宝宝在派对上正确的说出颜色，注意自己的语序。

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She tongue-kisses Damon at one point, then gets shoved away like lunchroom meatloaf.

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To be able to use it tongue-in-cheek at this point suggests that we've come a long way and that there is less power for such language to do us harm when we appropriate it and make jokes out of it.

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