trip off the tongue

trip 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?


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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? …   New idioms dictionary

  • trip off — phr verb Trip 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

  • trip — trip1 W2S2 [trıp] n 1.) a visit to a place that involves a journey, for pleasure or a particular purpose trip to ▪ Did you enjoy your trip to Disneyland? trip from ▪ The Palace is only a short trip from here. business/school/shopping etc trip ▪ a …   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

  • trip — 1 /trIp/ noun 1 (C) a journey to a place and back again: Did you have a good trip? | make a trip: I couldn t carry everything at once, so I had to make several trips. | go on/take a trip: We re thinking of taking a trip to the mountains. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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