舌したの根ね

expression, noun

base of the tongue; root of the tongue

Primarily used in the set phrase 舌の根の乾かぬうち (before the root of the tongue dries; i.e., no sooner than one has said something). Rarely used outside this idiom.

See also: 舌の根の乾かぬうち

• 「舌したの根ねの乾かわかぬうちに」という言いい回まわしは、言いったそばから矛む盾じゅんすることを指さす。

  The phrase 舌の根の乾かぬうちに refers to contradicting oneself right after saying something.