silent as the grave in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps connected to the idea of taking a secret to the grave, or the idea that dead men tell no tales.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "silent as the grave (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English similes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Silence",
          "orig": "en:Silence",
          "parents": [
            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject)."
      ],
      "id": "en-silent_as_the_grave-en-adj-Lg7If5D3",
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute",
          "absolute"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, simile) Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "silent as the tomb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "mlčet jako hrob"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "doodstil"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "haudanhiljainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "muet comme une tombe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "muet comme une carpe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "muet comme un poisson"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "wie ein Grab schweigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "néma, mint a sír"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "þegja eins og steinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "milczeć jak grób"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "milczeć jak kamień"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "milczeć jak głaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "milczeć jak zaklęty"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "milczeć jak zamurowany"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "siedzieć jak mumia"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "нем, как ры́ба (nem, kak rýba, literally “silent like a fish”)",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "молчать, как пле́нный партиза́н (molčatʹ, kak plénnyj partizán, literally “be silent like a captured partisan”)",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "šutjeti kao grob"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "ser callado como una tumba"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
          "word": "ser como una tumba"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silent as the grave"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps connected to the idea of taking a secret to the grave, or the idea that dead men tell no tales.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "silent as the grave (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English similes",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "en:Silence"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absolute",
          "absolute"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, simile) Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-silent as the grave.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/En-au-silent_as_the_grave.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "silent as the tomb"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "mlčet jako hrob"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "doodstil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "haudanhiljainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "muet comme une tombe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "muet comme une carpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "muet comme un poisson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "wie ein Grab schweigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "néma, mint a sír"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "þegja eins og steinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "milczeć jak grób"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "milczeć jak kamień"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "milczeć jak głaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "milczeć jak zaklęty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "milczeć jak zamurowany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "siedzieć jak mumia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "нем, как ры́ба (nem, kak rýba, literally “silent like a fish”)",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "молчать, как пле́нный партиза́н (molčatʹ, kak plénnyj partizán, literally “be silent like a captured partisan”)",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "šutjeti kao grob"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "ser callado como una tumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to say absolutely nothing",
      "word": "ser como una tumba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silent as the grave"
}

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"silent as the grave" meaning in English

Adjective