one's lips are sealed

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one's lips are sealed

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  1. idiomatic One will not tell anyone else; one is keeping a secret. You're talking a lot / But you're not saying anything / When I have nothing to say / My lips are sealed

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phrase I won't tell anyone

中文我守口如瓶 wǒ shǒukǒurúpíng
Françaismotus et bouche cousue
Deutschmeine Lippen sind versiegelt
Русскийна мои́х уста́х печа́ть молча́ния na moíx ustáx pečátʹ molčánija

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@misc{one_s_lips_are_sealed_2026,
  title = {one's lips are sealed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one's%20lips%20are%20sealed},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}