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Indicates that something is a secret and not to be divulged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- She doesn't know anything about it yet, so mum's the word, OK?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From mum (“silence”). Recorded since 1704.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
السر في بئر
— indicates that something is a secret
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Catalan:
muts i a la gàbia
— indicates that something is a secret
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Chinese Mandarin:
保密
(bǎomì)
— indicates that something is a secret
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Dutch:
mondje dicht
— indicates that something is a secret
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Estonian:
ära kellelegi räägi
— indicates that something is a secret
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French:
motus et bouche cousue
— indicates that something is a secret
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German:
Behalte es für dich
— indicates that something is a secret
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German:
pst
— indicates that something is a secret
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German:
pscht
— indicates that something is a secret
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Italian:
acqua in bocca
— indicates that something is a secret
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Persian:
شتر دیدی ندیدی
(šotor didi nadidi)
— indicates that something is a secret
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Polish:
ani mru-mru
— indicates that something is a secret
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Portuguese:
bico calado
— indicates that something is a secret
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Portuguese:
boca de siri
— indicates that something is a secret
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Russian:
об э́том ни гугу́
(ob étom ni gugú)
— indicates that something is a secret
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Russian:
об э́том молчо́к
(ob étom molčók)
— indicates that something is a secret
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Spanish:
chitón
— indicates that something is a secret
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Welsh:
taw piau hi
— indicates that something is a secret
