out of both sides of one's mouth

== English == === Etymology === Compare out of the side of one's mouth. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Prepositional phrase === out of both sides of one's mouth (figuratively, originally US) Indicating contradictory things. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== double talk in the same breath laugh out of the other side of one's mouth preach water and drink wine run with the hare and hunt with the hounds speak with a forked tongue === Further reading === “talk out of both sides of your mouth”, in Collins English Dictionary. “speak out of both sides of your mouth” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.