keep one 's mouth shut

keep one 's mouth shut

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á NK ǒ ut ū NSH é, meaning shut up. The source of this book is Wang Jianping's Shangshu.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Jiangyan's Shangshu of King yijianping in the Southern Dynasty said, "if the official affairs are not empty, and the crime is real, you should also swallow your tongue and fall dead with a dagger."

Analysis of Idioms

Tongue tied

Antonym: outspoken

Idiom usage

It means to shut up