loose lip
loose lip · loose lips
болтливость, разговорчивость, словоохотливость
Geschwätzigkeit, Redseligkeit, Gesprächigkeit
The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to…The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.
» Yanni's loose lips were his undoing.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.
Examples
6 sentencesYanni's loose lips were his undoing.
Sami's loose lips almost sank the investigation.
Yanni's loose lips will be his downfall.
Yanni's loose lips led to his undoing.
Loose lips sink ships.
ruБолтун - находка для шпиона. — marafon
Forms
plural: loose lips| Singular | loose lip |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedloose-lipped