Bloke taking drink which may scald tongue (6)
I believe the answer is:
hebrew
'tongue' is the definition.
(Hebrew is an example)
'bloke taking drink' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'brew' (brew is a kind of drink).
'he'+'brew'='HEBREW'
'which may scald' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hebrew that I've seen before include "Tongue" , "Ancient Semitic language, used in modern version in Israel" , "Member of people" , "One claiming descent from Abraham" , "National language of Israel" .)