silent as the grave

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Perhaps connected to the idea of taking a secret to the grave, or the idea that dead men tell no tales.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: mlčet jako hrob — to say absolutely nothing
• Dutch: doodstil — to say absolutely nothing
• Finnish: haudanhiljainen — to say absolutely nothing
• French: muet comme une tombe — to say absolutely nothing
• French: muet comme une carpe — to say absolutely nothing
• French: muet comme un poisson — to say absolutely nothing
• German: wie ein Grab schweigen — to say absolutely nothing
• Hungarian: néma, mint a sír — to say absolutely nothing
• Icelandic: þegja eins og steinn — to say absolutely nothing
• Italian: silenzioso come una tomba — to say absolutely nothing
• Italian: muto come un pesce — to say absolutely nothing
• Norwegian: stille som i graven — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: milczeć jak grób — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: milczeć jak kamień — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: milczeć jak głaz — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: milczeć jak zaklęty — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: milczeć jak zamurowany — to say absolutely nothing
• Polish: siedzieć jak mumia — to say absolutely nothing
• Serbo-Croatian: šutjeti kao grob — to say absolutely nothing
• Spanish: ser callado como una tumba — to say absolutely nothing
• Spanish: ser como una tumba — to say absolutely nothing
• Vietnamese: im như thóc — to say absolutely nothing
• Vietnamese: câm như hến — to say absolutely nothing