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СЛОВА HE ИДУТ С ЯЗЫКА у кого VP subj. pres or past usu. this WO s.o. is unable or lacks the resolve to say sth. (because he is embarrassed, nervous, afraid of unpleasant repercussions, afraid of upsetting the interlocutor etc): у X-a слова не идут с языка — X cannot bring himself to utter a word X cannot get a word out of his mouth X cannot get the words to come out X is incapable of uttering a word X is tongue-tied.

Он (Обломов) припал к её руке лицом и замер. Слова не шли более с языка (Гончаров 1). Не (Oblomov) pressed his face to her hand and fell silent. He could not bring himself to utter another word (1a). He (Oblomov) pressed his face to her hand and fell silent, incapable of uttering another word (1b).