"You got numb tongue?"

But go overboard and you've got a numb tongue, a pool of sauce and disapproving onlookers.

For example, the lingual nerve can be anesthetized to produce a numb tongue.

He tried to call Hisvet's attention to it, but found his lips and tongue numb and unobedient to his will.

"Dumb luck," Gabriel replied, his tongue numb from shock.

There was no awkwardness on his part, no numb tongue.

Trembling, her tongue absurdly numb, cold.

Licking his lips with his numb tongue, he looked at the screen.

I still hadn't had enough to feel its effects, other than a numb tongue.

Tasting a bumbu is a lot like tasting a grappa: to perceive its nuances you need a numb tongue or a mean hangover.