take (something) to the grave
take (something) to the grave
To not reveal or share some secret until the day one dies. My grandmother took the affair to her grave. We only found out about it because the man she'd been seeing so many years ago showed up to her funeral! A: "Please, don't tell anyone what I told you today!" B: "I swear, I'll take it to the grave." The company use extreme non-disclosure agreements to ensure all employees take its research to the grave.
See also: grave, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take it to one's grave
to carry a secret with one until one dies. I will never tell anyone. I'll take your secret to my grave. She took the answer to the mystery to her grave.
See also: grave, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- take it to grave
- an idle brain is the devil's workshop
- be stock still
- be, stay, stand, etc. stock-still
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- take the wind out of one's sails
- take the wind out of sails
- take the wind out of somebody's sails
- take the wind out of someone’s sails
- take the wind out of someone's sails