How to say "话到嘴边" (huà dào zuǐ biān) in Chinese dialogue

huàdàozuǐbiān

But every time the words reached my lips,

Grammar Patterns
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0119:52
ér
dào
le

what had happened to my son.

LINE 0219:56
PLAYING SCENE
huà
dào
zuǐ
biān

But every time the words reached my lips,

LINE 0319:58
dōu
yàn
le
xià

I swallowed them back down.

Show Information
Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E15
Timestamp19:56
TMDB ID289209