loose lips sink ships
proverb/ˈlus ˈlɪps ˈsɪŋk ˈʃɪps/
Etymology
Shortening of a wartime slogan from World War II.
Definitions
Saying too much or releasing confidential information can have dangerous consequences.
- Loose Lips Sink Ships, said the wartime poster. Of course the ships will all sink anyway, sooner or later.
- ‘Loose lips sink ships,’ she spat at Dad once, when they were arguing about Grandpa, but ‘loose lips killed our son.’
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for loose lips sink ships. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA