sing like a canary

To inform against someone to the police or other authority about their criminal or illicit behavior. I heard Joey Malone has been singing like a canary in the hopes of getting his sentence reduced. Let's make sure he's sleeping with the fishes before he gets the chance!

See also: canary, like, sing

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

sing like a birdie
blue code of silence
blue wall of silence
code
silence
stolen fruit is (the) sweetest
stolen fruit is sweet
stolen fruit is sweetest
stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest
with your hand in the cookie jar

References in periodicals archive

Tell them you wanna talk and, hopefully, they'll follow your lead and sing like a canary. No bird puns necessary.

The talk

词组	sing like a canary
释义	sing like a canary sing like a canary To inform against someone to the police or other authority about their criminal or illicit behavior. I heard Joey Malone has been singing like a canary in the hopes of getting his sentence reduced. Let's make sure he's sleeping with the fishes before he gets the chance! See also: canary, like, sing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: sing like a birdie blue code of silence blue wall of silence code silence stolen fruit is (the) sweetest stolen fruit is sweet stolen fruit is sweetest stolen pleasures are (the) sweetest with your hand in the cookie jar References in periodicals archive Tell them you wanna talk and, hopefully, they'll follow your lead and sing like a canary. No bird puns necessary. The talk
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