- to zip one’s lip/mouth
- {{to zip one’s lip/mouth}}passar um zíper na boca, calar-se, emudecer.
English-Portuguese dictionary. 2013.
to zip one’s lip/mouth
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zip\ one's\ lip — • button one s lip • zip one s lip v. phr. slang To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip. John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip… … Словарь американских идиом
zip one's lip — verb To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you. Syn: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth, shut… … Wiktionary
button\ one's\ lip — • button one s lip • zip one s lip v. phr. slang To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip. John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip… … Словарь американских идиом
button one's lip — also[zip one s lip] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. * /The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ * /John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned … Dictionary of American idioms
button one's lip — also[zip one s lip] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. * /The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ * /John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned … Dictionary of American idioms
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
lip */*/*/ — UK [lɪp] / US noun Word forms lip : singular lip plural lips 1) [countable] one of the two edges that form the top and bottom parts of your mouth His thin red lips stretched into a smile. 2) a) [countable] the place on the edge of a glass or… … English dictionary
shut one's mouth — verb To stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just shut your mouth? I’m tired of listening to you. Syn: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s trap, shut up, zip it, zip ones … Wiktionary
shut one's face — verb To stop talking; to be quiet. Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you. Syn: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth, shut one’s trap, shut up, zip it, zip ones … Wiktionary
silence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of sound Nouns 1. silence; stillness, quiet, peace, hush; inaudibility. 2. (reluctance or inability to speak) muteness, dumbness, aphony, voicelessness; taciturnity, reticence; deadness, dullness … English dictionary for students
pipe down — informal we had to ask that couple in the first row to pipe down Syn: be quiet, be silent, hush, stop talking, hold one s tongue, settle down; informal shut up, shut one s mouth, zip it, button it, button one s lip, put a sock in it … Thesaurus of popular words
