one's lips are sealed

English

Phrase

one's lips are sealed

(idiomatic) One will not tell anyone else; one is keeping a secret.
- 1977, Talking Heads (lyrics and music), “Psycho Killer”, in Talking Heads: 77:
  You're talking a lot / But you're not saying anything / When I have nothing to say / My lips are sealed

Related terms

keep one's lips sealed

Translations

I won't tell anyone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 我守口如瓶 (zh) (wǒ shǒukǒurúpíng)
Finnish: huuleni ovat sinetöidyt
French: motus et bouche cousue (fr)
German: meine Lippen sind versiegelt
Hungarian: lakat van a számon, nem beszélhetek, nem mondhatom el senkinek, (promising not to talk) nem mondom el senkinek
Polish: trzymać buzię na kłódkę impf
Russian: на мои́х уста́х печа́ть молча́ния (na moíx ustáx pečátʹ molčánija)

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