"a closed mouth gathers no feet" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Anglais]

IPA: \ə kləʊzd ˈmaʊθ ɡæðəs nəʊ fiːt\
  1. Ceux qui ne disent rien n’ont jamais tort. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-a_closed_mouth_gathers_no_feet-en-phrase-rcfZd4Ys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions-phrases en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "De l’expression idiomatique put one’s foot in one’s mouth (« se tromper, dire quelque chose d’embarrassant »), avec la structure de a rolling stone gathers no moss (« pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse »).",
    "Composé de closed (« fermé »), mouth (« bouche »), gather (« rassembler ») et foot (« pied »), littéralement « une bouche fermée ne rassemble pas de pieds »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locution-phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ceux qui ne disent rien n’ont jamais tort."
      ],
      "id": "fr-a_closed_mouth_gathers_no_feet-en-phrase-rcfZd4Ys",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ə kləʊzd ˈmaʊθ ɡæðəs nəʊ fiːt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a closed mouth gathers no feet"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Locutions-phrases en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "De l’expression idiomatique put one’s foot in one’s mouth (« se tromper, dire quelque chose d’embarrassant »), avec la structure de a rolling stone gathers no moss (« pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse »).",
    "Composé de closed (« fermé »), mouth (« bouche »), gather (« rassembler ») et foot (« pied »), littéralement « une bouche fermée ne rassemble pas de pieds »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locution-phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ceux qui ne disent rien n’ont jamais tort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ə kləʊzd ˈmaʊθ ɡæðəs nəʊ fiːt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a closed mouth gathers no feet"
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