on the tip of one's tongue

English

known but not quite remembered
Her name is on the tip of my tongue: it's Kathy, or Karen, or something.

known but not quite remembered

Persian: دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن‎
Polish: na końcu języka
Portuguese: estar na ponta da língua (to be on the tip of one’s tongue)
Russian: на ко́нчике языка́ (ru) (na kónčike jazyká), на языке́ ве́ртится (na jazyké vértitsja) (turns on [my] tongue)
Scottish Gaelic: air bàrr teangaidh
Spanish: en la punta de la lengua
Swedish: ha något på tungan
Walloon: l' awè sol betchete del linwe (wa), l' awè sol dibout del linwe (wa)
Yiddish: אויף שפּיץ צונג‎ (oyf shpits tsung)

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