thin lips speak freely

thin lips speak freely

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á och ú NQ ī ngy á n, which means to describe talkative and casual. It's from Lingshu, Lushun, FeiShou.

The origin of Idioms

In the spring and Autumn Annals, Wu Mingshi's "Lingshu · Fushun fat and thin chapter": "thin people have thin skin, few colors, cheap meat, and thin lips."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: talkative antonym: taciturn

Idiom usage

It refers to people who are talkative