谚语

词源

略自一个美国战时的宣传标语。

释义

  1. 祸从口出

    Loose Lips Sink Ships, said the wartime poster. Of course the ships will all sink anyway, sooner or later.

    2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Anchor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 448:

    ‘Loose lips sink ships,’ she spat at Dad once, when they were arguing about Grandpa, but ‘loose lips killed our son.’

    2014, Crystal Chan, Bird, Random House, →ISBN, page 59:

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