be tight-lipped
be tight-lipped
1. Literally, to have one's lips pressed together, as in anger. I knew my girlfriend was angry as soon as I saw that she was tight-lipped and glaring at me.
2. To be unwilling to talk openly or share details about someone or something. I still don't know anything about Maria's new boyfriend because she's so tight-lipped about him. Don't worry, we can trust my sister to be tight-lipped—she won't tell anyone about our engagement until we do.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- tight-lipped
- smack (one's) lips
- lick/smack your lips
- (one's) lips turn blue
- glare
- glare at
- glare at (someone or something)
- glaring
- girlfriend
- read my lips