bite one's lip | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toforciblypreventoneself fromspeaking, especially in order to avoid saying somethinginappropriateor likely to cause adispute.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, inPeveril of the Peak.[…], volume IV, Edinburgh:[…]Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC,page304:Buckinghambit his lip, for he saw the introduction of Lady Derby was likely to confuse and embroil every preparation which he had arranged for his defence;[…]1922,F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, inTales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC:He broke off andbit his lip, feeling that he had better subdue the rising anger in his voice.

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