proverb
Meaning 1
A murderer will always be discovered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
murder will out
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proverb
Meaning 2
Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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History
Etymology
The phrase murder will out, literally "murder will become public", appears as far back as Geoffrey Chaucer's works. The phrase is often linked to the superstition that a murderer's presence near the corpse will be indicated by fresh bleeding.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: nuk fshihet derri në thes — proverb
- Chinese Mandarin: 天网恢恢,疏而不漏 (tiānwǎnghuīhuī, shū'érbùlòu) — proverb
- Finnish: ennen pitkää totuus paljastuu — proverb
- German: die Sonne bringt es an den Tag — proverb
- Hebrew: סוף גנב לתליה — proverb
- Hebrew: רצח סופו שיתגלה — proverb
- Luxembourgish: D'Sonn bréngt et un d'Liicht — proverb
- Eastern Mari: оҥгырым помышешет от шылте (oŋgyrym pomyšešet ot šylte) — proverb