Meaning of wash one's mouth out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To stop using bad language, or atone for doing so.
   figuratively, imperative, usually
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash out, mouth.

Examples

“Wash out your mouth, your lies are gettin' rusty”

“Some Tory MPs think the Queen needs to wash her mouth out.”

“But anybody who says Cameron was hedging his bets better had wash their mouth out; this was nothing more than the kind of away day where only the top names rock up.”

““What’s all this madness I’m hearing about there being no promotion or relegation from the PL?” he tweeted. “Wash your mouth out whoever suggested that.””

“All these references to named individuals are quite improper. […] He should wash his mouth out, and should refer to Ministers not by name but by title, which he is well able to do.”

“The foreigners content themselves with washing their hands. The Moors wash their mouths out with soap also, blowing bubbles and gargling happily.”

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