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tāngia te wai o [tō] waha

1. bail the water from your mouth, wash out your mouth  – a strong idiom to reprimand someone for what they have said.

Me kōrero kē koe ki tō tama, ka kī atu kia tāngia te wai o tana waha. / You should talk instead to your son and tell him to wash out his mouth.

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