"dead men tell no tales" meaning in English

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Proverb

IPA: /dɛd mɛn tɛl nəʊ teɪlz/
Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} dead men tell no tales
  1. A dead person can no longer reveal information, especially information which others wish to keep secret. Categories (topical): Death, Talking Synonyms: dead men can tell no tales Related terms: silent as the grave Translations (a dead person can no longer reveal information): 死無對證 (Chinese Mandarin), 死无对证 (sǐwúduìzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), mrtví muži nic neřeknou (Czech), la mortintoj ne atestas (Esperanto), kuolleet eivät tiedä mitään (Finnish), les morts ne parlent pas (French), home morto non dá fala (Galician), home morto non fala (Galician), Tote reden nicht (German), οι νεκροί δεν λένε παραμύθια (oi nekroí den léne paramýthia) (Greek), i morti non parlano (Italian), 死人に口無し (shinin ni kuchi nashi) (alt: しにんにくちなし) (Japanese), 죽은 자는 말이 없다 (jugeun janeun mar-i eopda) (Korean), martwi głosu nie mają (Polish), mortos não falam (Portuguese), мёртвые не болта́ют (mjórtvyje ne boltájut) (Russian), мртва уста не говоре [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mrtva usta ne govore [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), los muertos no hablan (Spanish)

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