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dead men tell no tales

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English

Alternative forms

dead men can tell no tales

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛd mɛn tɛl nəʊ teɪlz/
Audio(US): (file)

Proverb

dead men tell no tales

A dead person can no longerreveal information, especially information which others wish to keepsecret.

Usage notes

Sometimes used to indicate amotive formurder.

Translations

a dead person can no longer reveal information

Chinese:
Mandarin:死無對證 /死无对证 (zh)(sǐwúduìzhèng)
Czech:mrtví muži nic neřeknou
Esperanto:la mortintoj ne atestas
Finnish:kuolleet eivät tiedä mitään
French:les morts ne parlent pas
Galician:home morto non dá fala,home morto non fala
German:Tote reden nicht
Greek:οι νεκροί δεν λένε παραμύθια(oi nekroí den léne paramýthia)
Italian:i morti non parlano
Japanese:死人に口無し(しにんにくちなし, shinin ni kuchi nashi)
Korean:죽은 자는 말이 없다(jugeun janeun mar-i eopda)
Polish:martwi głosu nie mają
Portuguese:mortos não falam
Russian:мёртвые не болта́ют(mjórtvyje ne boltájut)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:мртва уста не говоре
Latin:mrtva usta ne govore
Spanish:los muertos no hablan
Ukrainian:ме́ртві бджо́ли не гуду́ть(mértvi bdžóly ne hudútʹ, literally“dead bees do not buzz”)

See also

silent as the grave

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