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ДЕРЖАТЬ POT НА ЗАМКЁ coll POT HA ЗАМОК coll РОТОК НА ЗАМОК rather folk VP, subj: human (1st var.), often imper NP, usu. used as imper (variants without держать) fixed WO (2nd and 3rd variants)) to keep quiet, keep a secret, not blab sth.: держи рот на замке - keep your mouth (trap) shut button your lip keep a lid on it.«Ты, Самохин, слушать - слушай, да только помалкивай... что видел, что слышал - военная тайна, роток на замок, как говорится, ясно?» (Максимов 1). "You, Samokhin, listen if you like, but keep it to yourself..Whatever you see or hear is a military secret. Keep your trap shut, as they say, is that clear0" (1a). -
2 держать рот на замке
• ДЕРЖАТЬ РОТ НА ЗАМКЕ coll; РОТ НА ЗАМОК coll; РОТОК НА ЗАМОК rather folk[VP, subj: human (1st var.), often imper; NP, usu. used as Imper (variants without держать); fixed WO (2nd and 3rd variants)]=====⇒ to keep quiet, keep a secret, not blab sth.:- keep a lid on it.♦ "Ты, Самохин, слушать - слушай, да только помалкивай... что видел, что слышал - военная тайна, роток на замок, как говорится, ясно?" (Максимов 1). "You, Samokhin, listen if you like, but keep it to yourself...Whatever you see or hear is a military secret. Keep your trap shut, as they say, is that clear?" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держать рот на замке
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3 рот на замок
• ДЕРЖАТЬ РОТ НА ЗАМКЕ coll; РОТ НА ЗАМОК coll; РОТОК НА ЗАМОК rather folk[VP, subj: human (1st var.), often imper; NP, usu. used as Imper (variants without держать); fixed WO (2nd and 3rd variants)]=====⇒ to keep quiet, keep a secret, not blab sth.:- keep a lid on it.♦ "Ты, Самохин, слушать - слушай, да только помалкивай... что видел, что слышал - военная тайна, роток на замок, как говорится, ясно?" (Максимов 1). "You, Samokhin, listen if you like, but keep it to yourself...Whatever you see or hear is a military secret. Keep your trap shut, as they say, is that clear?" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рот на замок
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4 роток на замок
• ДЕРЖАТЬ РОТ НА ЗАМКЕ coll; РОТ НА ЗАМОК coll; РОТОК НА ЗАМОК rather folk[VP, subj: human (1st var.), often imper; NP, usu. used as Imper (variants without держать); fixed WO (2nd and 3rd variants)]=====⇒ to keep quiet, keep a secret, not blab sth.:- keep a lid on it.♦ "Ты, Самохин, слушать - слушай, да только помалкивай... что видел, что слышал - военная тайна, роток на замок, как говорится, ясно?" (Максимов 1). "You, Samokhin, listen if you like, but keep it to yourself...Whatever you see or hear is a military secret. Keep your trap shut, as they say, is that clear?" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > роток на замок
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5 clam
гл. скреплять, сжимать, прикреплять Syn:clamp, clasp староангл. clamm -- узы, путы; ср. родств. лат. glomerare -- сматывать (в клубок), соединять; glomus -- клубок; ср. русские заимствования 'аггломерация', 'конгломерат', 'гломерулонефрит', 'глобус' Syn:Shut your trap!, Button your lip!, Hold your tongue!, Hush! 1. сущ. а)зажим, струбцина, зажимное устройство ( обычно из дерева) Syn:clamp, clasp, brace б)щипцы, щипчики, клещи Syn:pinchers, forceps 2. разг. замкнутый, застенчивый человек Syn:shy/withdrawn personРусско-английский словарь механических и общенаучных терминов > clam
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button your lip — button up or button your lip (informal) Be quiet • • • Main Entry: ↑button * * * button/zip/your lip spoken phrase used for rudely telling someone not to say anything … Useful english dictionary
button your lip — If you button your lip, you keep quiet and don t speak. It is also used as a way of telling someone to shut up … The small dictionary of idiomes
button your lip — If you button your lip, you keep quiet and don t speak. It is also used as a way of telling someone to shut up. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
button your lip — do not tell anyone, on the QT Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don t tell Dad … English idioms
Button your lip! — exclam. Shut up!; Be quiet! D I’ve heard enough outa you! Button your lip! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
button your lip/lips — (or keep your lip/lips buttoned) US informal : to not talk about something Button your lip. He s coming toward us. Don t tell him what I said, please. You know he can t keep his lips buttoned. • • • Main Entry: ↑button button your lip/lips see… … Useful english dictionary
zip your lip — button/zip/your lip spoken phrase used for rudely telling someone not to say anything Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym Main entry: lip * * * zip your lip … Useful english dictionary
button — but|ton1 S2 [ˈbʌtn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: boton, from boter; BUTT2] 1.) a small round flat object on your shirt, coat etc which you pass through a hole to fasten it ▪ small pearl buttons ▪ A button was missing from his shirt.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
button — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boton, from Anglo French butun rose hip, stud, from buter to thrust more at butt Date: 14th century 1. a. a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
button up — verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑shut up, ↑belt up, ↑be quiet, ↑keep mum … Useful english dictionary
lip — [ lıp ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the two edges that form the top and bottom parts of your mouth: His thin red lips stretched into a smile. 2. ) count the place on the edge of a glass or container where you pour out liquid: Careful, the lip of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
