tight lips
Refusing to speak
Tight lips is a way to characterize someone who is not willing to reveal information.
A place that is tight lips is one where the people there are not talking about what is going on.
- mouthOral opening
- lockjawSustained jaw muscle spasm
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- sworn to secrecyObligated to withhold information
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
reticence · discretion · kiss · silence · keep mum · quietness · mum · grimace · mute · mystery · vault · guardedness · self-restraint · reserve · taciturnity · smile · prudence · caution
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- nonmanualseyebrow raise, head nod, head shake, head tilt, facial expression
tight lipsloose lips
Habit of revealing secrets
loose-tongued · blabbermouth · indiscretion · spilling the beans · big mouth
tight lipstalkativeness
Inclination to speak extensively
loquaciousness · garrulousness · verbosity · chattiness · chatterbox
tight lipswarmth
Heat you feel
effusiveness · expressiveness · wearing one's heart on one's sleeve · animated · demonstrative
tight, tightly, tighten, tightens, tightened, tightening, tighter, tightest, tightness