How strong is the tongue muscle?

[wolram]

It gives us taste, helps us to talk and helps keep our mouths clean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue

The only thing i could not find is, how strong is the tongue?

 

[jtbell]

how strong is the tongue?

It must be pretty strong, because you can give people a tongue-lashing with it!

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Done to death by slanderous tongue Was the Hero that here lies

I couldn't have said it better myself. It's from Much Ado About Nothing.