cat got your tongue

(idiom) your silence is suspicious

Example Sentences:

Mom: Son, can we talk for a second.
Teenaged Son: Sure.
Mom: Are you hiding something from me?
Teenaged Son: No……why?
Mom: Do you know what I found under your bed?
Teenaged Son: No.
Mom: I found drugs under your bed!
Teenaged Son: ………
Mom: What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue?

Boyfriend: I had fun meeting your family last night.
Girlfriend: What do you think of my sister?
Boyfriend: She’s really nice.
Girlfriend: Do you think she’s pretty?
Boyfriend: Sure.
Girlfriend: Prettier than me?
Boyfriend: ………
Girlfriend: Cat got your tongue?

From the Blogs:

Cat got your tongue? No? Well they certainly have mine!

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Similar idioms:

1. hold one’s tongue
2. bite one’s tongue
3. let the cat out of the bag
4. on the tip of one’s tongue
5. over my dead body
6. like a cat on a hot tin roof
7. when hell freezes over
8. get out of one’s face
9. no hard feelings
10. beauty is only skin deep
11. turn to
12. back off
13. on second thought
14. when pigs fly
15. face the music