keep one's lips sealed

English

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Verb

keep one's lips sealed (third-person singular simple present keeps one's lips sealed, present participle keeping one's lips sealed, simple past and past participle kept one's lips sealed)

1. (idiomatic) To keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell.

   You can certainly trust me to keep my lips sealed about the matter.

Synonyms

• keep one's mouth shut

Translations

keep quiet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 守口如瓶 (zh) (shǒukǒurúpíng)

• Finnish: sinetöidä huulensa
• French: ne rien dire, se taire (fr)
• Hungarian: hallgat, mint a sír (literally “to keep silent like a grave”)
• Polish: trzymać język za zębami (pl) impf
• Russian: держа́ть язы́к за зубами (ru) (deržátʹ jazýk za zubami), держа́ть рот на замке (ru) (deržátʹ rot na zamke)
• Spanish: no soltar prenda