not open your mouth |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | idiom |
| Teme: | communication |
| Izvorne domene: | the human body |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | - |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | - | Definicija: | not say anything at all | Primjeri: |
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. |
Motivacija: |
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. |
Similar lexical units: call back, my lips are sealed, keep something under your hat, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans