roll off the tongue

roll off the tongue
if a word or phrase trips off the tongue, it is very easy to say.

The band is called 'Acquired Echoes'. It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it?


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  • roll off the tongue — roll/trip/slip/off the tongue phrase to be easy to pronounce It’s not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. Thesaurus: pronunciation and pronouncing wordssynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • roll off the tongue — natural to say, easy to pronounce    Podnzilowicz is a name that doesn t roll off the tongue …   English idioms

  • roll/trip off the tongue — to be easy to say or pronounce The name just rolls off the tongue. • • • Main Entry: ↑tongue …   Useful english dictionary

  • trip off the tongue — roll/trip/slip/off the tongue phrase to be easy to pronounce It’s not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. Thesaurus: pronunciation and pronouncing wordssynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • slip off the tongue — roll/trip/slip/off the tongue phrase to be easy to pronounce It’s not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. Thesaurus: pronunciation and pronouncing wordssynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • roll off — phr verb Roll off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑tongue …   Collocations dictionary

  • tongue — tongue1 W3S3 [tʌŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(mouth)¦ 2 click your tongue 3 sharp tongue 4 silver tongue 5 sharp tongued/silver tongued etc 6 with (your) tongue in (your) cheek 7 slip of the tongue 8 bite your tongue 9 Cat got your tongue? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tongue — /tVN/ noun 1 MOUTH (C) the soft, moveable part inside your mouth that you use for tasting, eating, and speaking: Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips. | The dog panted, his tongue hanging out in the heat. | stick your tongue out (=put your tongue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tongue — noun 1 soft part inside the mouth ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ forked ▪ loose, sharp (both figurative) ▪ Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken s loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret) …   Collocations dictionary

  • tongue — I UK [tʌŋ] / US noun Word forms tongue : singular tongue plural tongues ** 1) [countable] the long soft piece of flesh fixed to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting, speaking etc I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee. 2) [countable]… …   English dictionary

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