not open your mouth |
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| Lexical unit types: | idiom |
| Topics: | communication |
| Source domains: | the human body |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | - |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | not say anything at all | Examples: |
If you have nothing to say, don’t open your mouth. During the long drive he never opened his mouth. I didn’t open my mouth, but I understood what they said and they didn’t know. |
Motivation: |
The Metaphor Box at secret in the Macmillan English Dictionary (by Rosamund Moon): To keep something secret is like putting it in a container, so that other people cannot see it. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: call back, my lips are sealed, keep something under your hat, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans