See silent as the grave on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:",
"text": "“Livesey,” returned the squire, “you are always in the right of it. I’ll be as silent as the grave.”",
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"ref": "1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XL, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "“Well, then, if you’re bound to go, I’ll tell you the way to do when you get to the village. Shut the door and blindfold the doctor tight and fast, and make him swear to be silent as the grave, and put a purse full of gold in his hand, […]",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "mlčet jako hrob"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "doodstil"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "haudanhiljainen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "muet comme une tombe"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "muet comme une carpe"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "muet comme un poisson"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "wie ein Grab schweigen"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "néma, mint a sír"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "þegja eins og steinn"
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"word": "šutjeti kao grob"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "ser callado como una tumba"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "ser como una tumba"
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"word": "haudanhiljainen"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "muet comme une tombe"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "muet comme une carpe"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "wie ein Grab schweigen"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "néma, mint a sír"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "þegja eins og steinn"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "milczeć jak grób"
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"word": "milczeć jak kamień"
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"word": "siedzieć jak mumia"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "šutjeti kao grob"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "ser callado como una tumba"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
"word": "ser como una tumba"
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"word": "silent as the grave"
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