loose lip

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,oftenpluralized)Thepracticeorcharacteristicof being overlytalkative, especially with respect toinadvertentlyrevealing information which isprivateorconfidential.c.1940, Slogan used by US government duringWorld War II:Loose lipsmight sink ships.1985June 3,Richard Schickel, “Cinema: Gliberated in Dreamland Fletch”, inTime:In the classic dramas of private investigation, the cheeky quip is the tough guy's challenge to toughness. InFletchthe quick, smartly paced gags somehow read as signs of vulnerability. . . . Every minute you expect the hero'sloose lipto be turned into a fat one.1996August 25,Donald E. Westlake, “Tough Guys Don't Shut Up”, inNew York Times, retrieved29 May 2011:Poor fellow, he had "cemented my reputation forever as a guy who tells too much truth." . . . But hisloose liphas ultimately worked out for him.

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