"man of few words" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-man of few words.ogg [Australia] Forms: men of few words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|men of few words}} man of few words (plural men of few words)
  1. (idiomatic) A man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People, Talking Translations (man who doesn't speak much): 沈默寡言的男人 (Chinese Mandarin), 沉默寡言的男人 (chénmòguǎyán de nánrén) (Chinese Mandarin), geen man van veel woorden [masculine] (Dutch), vaitelias mies (Finnish), სიტყვაძუნწი (siṭq̇vaʒunc̣i) (Georgian), Schweiger [masculine] (German), לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (lo ish dvarím) [masculine] (Hebrew), fámáll maður [masculine] (Icelandic), uomo di poche parole (Italian), homem de poucas palavras [masculine] (Portuguese), hombre de pocas palabras [masculine] (Spanish), hombre parco en palabras [masculine] (Spanish)

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      "sense": "man who doesn't speak much",
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      "sense": "man who doesn't speak much",
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