silence is golden

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Calque of Latin silentium est aureum (“silence is golden”).

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اَلسُّكُوتُ مِن ذَهَبٍ (as-sukūtu min ḏahabin) — proverb
• Bulgarian: мълча́нието е зла́то (mǎlčánieto e zláto) — proverb
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉默是金 (chénmò shì jīn) — proverb
• Czech: mlčeti zlato — proverb
• Danish: tale er sølv, tavshed er guld — proverb
• Finnish: vaikeneminen on kultaa — proverb
• French: le silence est d'or — proverb
• German: Schweigen ist Gold — proverb
• Greek: η σιωπή είναι χρυσός (i siopí eínai chrysós) — proverb
• Hebrew: שְׁתִיקָה שָׁוָה זָהָב (shtiqà shavà zahàv) — proverb
• Hungarian: hallgatni arany — proverb
• Icelandic: þögn er gulls ígildi — proverb
• Icelandic: enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má — proverb
• Indonesian: diam itu emas — proverb
• Italian: il silenzio è d'oro — proverb
• Japanese: 沈黙は金雄弁は銀 (chinmoku wa kin yūben wa gin) — proverb
• Latin: silentium est aurum — proverb
• Macedonian: молчењето е злато (molčenjeto e zlato) — proverb
• Polish: milczenie jest złotem — proverb
• Portuguese: o silêncio é ouro — proverb
• Scottish Gaelic: 's fhearr a bhith sàmhach na droch dhan a ghabhail — proverb
• Scottish Gaelic: cha déid cuileag am beul dùinte — proverb
• Scottish Gaelic: am fear a ghléidheas a theangaidh, ghléidhidh e a charaid — proverb
• Serbo-Croatian: ћутање је злато — proverb
• Serbo-Croatian: ćutanje je zlato — proverb
• Spanish: el silencio es oro — proverb
• Spanish: por la boca muere el pez — proverb
• Swedish: tiga är guld — proverb
• Vietnamese: im lặng là vàng — proverb