loose lip
Can't keep secrets
Loose lip refers to a tendency to speak indiscreetly or reveal secrets.
Someone with a loose lip can't be trusted with confidential information.
The phrase appears most often in the plural: Loose lips sink ships was a World War II slogan warning against careless talk that might aid the enemy.
His loose lips cost him the job.
- mouthOral opening
- leakEscape through a breach
- big mouthIndiscreet, talkative person
- let the cat out of the bagReveal a secret
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
secrets · open secret · careless · indiscreet · slip · slip of the tongue · loquaciousness · blurt · divulgence · off the record · snitch · unguardedness · reveal · spill the beans · give the game away · tactlessness · whistleblowing · talk out of turn
loose lipvault
Secure storage chamber
tight-lipped · sealed lips · discreet · confidant · keeper of secrets
loose liptaciturn
Habitually uncommunicative
reticent · reserved · man of few words · woman of few words · uncommunicative
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