口くちをつぐむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to hold one's tongue; to shut up
The knight, who had been silent until then, spoke.
Kanji used
mouth
Top 7400
Composed of
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
Examples (7 in total)
I should have kept my mouth shut.
I start to talk back, but then hold my tongue.
I stopped speaking in the middle of a sentence.
The knight, who had been silent until then, spoke.
Given the nature of the matter, everyone kept rather quiet.
The group that had been questioned fell silent for a moment.
She simply cannot keep her mouth shut, not even for a second.