"walls have ears" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [英語]

  1. 隠し事をしようとしても、どこで誰が見たり聞いたりしているか分からず、秘密・密談は漏れやすいものだから、注意せよという戒め。壁に耳あり障子に目あり。
    Sense id: ja-walls_have_ears-en-phrase-7QX6e0d-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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