dead men tell no tales

dead men tell no tales

proverb Those who are dead cannot reveal secrets. The boss wants us to kill that guy because it's the only way we can guarantee his silence—dead men tell no tales, after all.
See also: dead, men, no, tales, tell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Dead men tell no tales.

Prov. Dead people will not betray any secrets. The club members liked to hold their secret meetings in a graveyard, since dead men tell no tales. Gangster: Mugsy is going to tell the police that we robbed the bank. How can we stop him? Henchman: Dead men tell no tales.
See also: dead, men, no, tales, tell
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

dead men tell no tales

People say dead men tell no tales to say that someone who is dead cannot give any information to anyone. His password was so secure that when he died, nobody could get into the database. And dead men tell no tales.
See also: dead, men, no, tales, tell
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • dead on arrival
  • quick and the dead
  • quick and the dead, the
  • the quick and the dead
  • play possum
  • play possum, to
  • possum
  • president
  • dead president
  • dead man
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