Or, bite her tongue, and keep on pretending, for the benefit of maintaining the life she worked so hard to build.

或者咬紧牙关，为了维持她如此努力建立的生活而继续假装。

She should have bitten her tongue.

【bite】她应当忍住不说出来的。

After she had spoken she could have bitten her tongue, for he threw back his head and laughed until she went red with mortification.

她话一出口，恨不得把舌头咬掉，因为瑞德仰天大笑，弄得她很难为情，满脸通红。

" No, I haven't, " replied Lucy, and then could have bitten her tongue for understanding so quickly what her cousin meant.

“不，我没有，” 露西回答道， 然后她真想咬住自己的舌头， 因为她这么快就明白了她表妹的意思。

She could have bitten her tongue out the minute she had said it, for John pushed the books away and got up, saying with a little quiver in his voice, " I was afraid of this. I do my best, Meg."

说完那句话她真恨不得把自己的舌头咬下来，只见约翰推开了账本，站起身来，声音微微发颤地说：“我怕的就是这个，我已经尽力了，梅格。”