What does it look like?

Do you ever forget the name of an object?

Luis

Teresa?... I can"t find the what-do-you-call-it.

Teresa

What can"t you find?

Luis

You know. The thing.

Teresa

What thing?

Luis

Oh, come on… you know! It"s on the tip of my tongue.  

Teresa

What do"s it look like? Maybe H can help you find it.

Luis

It"s a long, narrow, flat thing. It"s made of plastic.

Teresa

Ok. What color is it, and what"s it used for?

Luis

It"s red.You use it for drawing straight lines.

Teresa

Luis! You mean the ruler! It"s in the box behind the telephone.

Luis

Oh, yeah. I knew that all along. I was just testing you.

Explanation :

It"s on the tip of my tongue: if a word, name etc is on the tip of your tongue, you know it but cannot remember it.

Example:

What is her name? It"s on the tip of my tongue. Joan. Joan Simpson. That"s it!

Narrow: opposite of wide.

To draw: to put down on paper with a pen, pencil, etc.

To test: to check understanding or knowledge of.

what-do-you-call-it: تو بهش چی می گی

It"s on the tip of my tongue:   نوک زبونم هستش