loosen someone's tongue

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Tocauseone tospeakmorefreely; tocauseone todiscussasubjectthat would notusuallybediscussed.1848,Anne Brontë, chapter 24, inThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall‎[1]:He made a long stay in the dining-room after dinner, and, I fear, took an unusual quantity of wine, but not enough toloosen his tongue: for when he came in and found me quietly occupied with my book, too busy to lift my head on his entrance, he merely murmured an expression of suppressed disapprobation[…]1896,H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Chapter 4”, inThe Island of Doctor Moreau(Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction;52), London:William Heinemann,→OCLC; republished asThe Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball,1896,→OCLC:We relapsed into silence. Presently he laughed. “There’s something in this starlight thatloosens one’s tongue. I’m an ass, and yet somehow I would like to tell you.”1904–1907(date written),James Joyce, “After the Race”, inDubliners, London:Grant Richards, publishedJune 1914,→OCLC,page54:He admired the dexterity with which their host directed the conversation. The five young men had various tastes andtheir tongues had been loosened.2000,Michael Chabon, chapter 11, inThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay‎[2], New York: Random House, page552:Tommy had apparently been plied with ice cream and soda pop at the police station, toloosen his tongue.

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EN: You taught us how to survive, and that pain is a great way to loosen someone's tongue.
ID: Kalian ajari cara bertahan dan rasa sakit itu membuat kami bicara.

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