/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · Tip of my Tongue
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To have a thing on the tip of my tongue means to have it so pat that it comes without thought; also, to have a thing on the verge of one’s memory, but not quite perfectly remembered. (In Latin, in labris natat.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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