sealed lips
Mouth zipped shut
Sealed lips are lips pressed firmly together, suggesting silence or secrecy.
To have sealed lips is to refuse to speak about something, keeping information confidential: My lips are sealed.
The phrase implies a deliberate choice to withhold, often as a promise or precaution.
She kept her lips sealed about the surprise party.
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- secretConcealed information
- sworn to secrecyObligated to withhold information
- hushAbsence of sound
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
mute · quiet · keep mum · whisper · confidential · off the record · sworn · mum · discreet · need to know · unspoken · concealed · under wraps · private · oath · trust · zipped · zip it
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- confidentialconfidential, secret, private, classified, undisclosed
- secretssecrecy, secret, trade secret, secrets, confidential
- silence commandshush, shh, shush, be quiet, quiet
- ignoranceignorance, unawareness, nescience, in the dark, clueless
communication/disclosure
sealed lipsblabbermouth
One who reveals secrets
loose lips · big mouth · open book · spilling the beans · tattletale
sealed, lips, seal, seals, sealing, sealer, sealant, unseal, unsealed