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Bristle-tongued
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Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
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Bristle-tongued
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Use my brain or brains?
I would agree that brains implies the substance as a metaphor for intelligence. Looks a count versus uncount issue, such as with the word gut, e.g., It takes a strong gut to eat that cooking, It takes a lot of guts to eat that cooking.