Idiom
one's lips are sealed
Meaning
One will not tell anyone else; one is keeping a secret.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't worry, my lips are sealed about your secret.”
“I know you want to know who won the award, but my lips are sealed until the ceremony.”
“Although the detective pressed him for details regarding the incident, the witness remained firm, insisting that his lips were sealed.”
Examples
simple
“Don't worry, my lips are sealed about your secret.”
contextual
“I know you want to know who won the award, but my lips are sealed until the ceremony.”
complex
“Although the detective pressed him for details regarding the incident, the witness remained firm, insisting that his lips were sealed.”
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