one's lips are sealed

one's lips are sealed

English

Phrase

one's lips are sealed

1. (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)