You said it was 'on the tip of your tongue'.

你不是说名字就在你的舌尖嘛。

Don't tell me. It's on the tip of your tongue.

别告诉我，日期就在你嘴边，可是你想不起来了。

Maybe it's on the tip of your tongue, right?

也许它就在你的舌尖上，对吧？

So if something is on 'the tip of your tongue', it means there is some information you can't quite remember, but hopefully will soon.

如果某件事on the tip of your tongue，意思是有些信息你记得不太确切，但是你马上会记起来。

But the expression " to be on the tip of your tongue" means that you normally remember but you have temporarily forgotten it.

而“to be on the tip of your tongue”，意思是平时记得，暂时忘记了。

Or you're giving your answer, you're speaking, and then suddenly you fall silent because you can't get this word, it's on the tip of your tongue but you still can't get it.

或者你正在回答问题，你在说话，然后突然你就沉默了，因为你拿不准这个词，它就在你的嘴边，但你还是拿不准要怎么说。

You guys noticed he talked about tip of the tongue when something is we say this in English a lot when something is on the tip of your tongue.

你们注意到他谈到了舌尖，当我们用英语经常说这个时，当某些东西在你的舌尖上时。

You know how sometimes you try to recall a name; it's on the tip of your tongue, but you just can't get it: that was the feeling I had then.

您知道有时您会如何尝试回忆一个名字；它就在你的舌尖上，但你就是无法理解：这就是我当时的感觉。

It's similar to " being on the tip of your tongue." However, we often use " it slipped my mind" when we are talking about things that we forgot, such as an appointment.

它类似于“在你的舌尖上” 。但是，当我们谈论我们忘记的事情时， 例如约会，我们经常使用“它让我想起了” 。

So when something's on the tip of your tongue it means you want to tell somebody something, but you can't remember the information, but you know it's right in here and it's just not coming out.

所以，当某事说到嘴边时，意味着你想告诉某人某事，但你不记得这些信息，但你知道它就在这里，只是不会说出来。