silent as the grave

Meaning: (idiomatic,simile,of a person)Sayingabsolutelynothing(especially about aparticularsubject).Synonym:silent as the tombThe investigation is ongoing, but all the suspects have beensilent as the graveso far.1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson,Treasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:“Livesey,” returned the squire, “you are always in the right of it. I’ll be assilent as the grave.”1884December 10,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XL, inThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)[…], London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC:“Well, then, if you’re bound to go, I’ll tell you the way to do when you get to the village. Shut the door and blindfold the doctor tight and fast, and make him swear to besilent as the grave, and put a purse full of gold in his hand,[…]; (idiomatic,simile,of a place)Deathlystillandsilent.Synonym:silent as the tombThe abandoned village issilent as the grave.

Examples:

EN: We're silent as the grave.
ES: - Somos silenciosos como una tumba.
EN: Commendatore, I assure you I'm as silent as the grave.
ES: Comendador, soy mudo como una tumba.
EN: No, silent as the grave.
ES: No, todo está silencioso.
EN: An adventure of this kind, I'd be silent as the grave.
ES: En una aventura así, soy como una tumba.
EN: I'll be as silent as the grave.
ES: No diré nada. Gracias.
ES: Seré una tumba.
EN: I'm as silent as the grave.
ES: Estoy callado como un muerto.
EN: Stay silent as the grave.
ES: Silenciosa como una tumba.
EN: I'm silent as the grave.
ES: Yo no diré nada.
EN: -I am silent as the grave.
ES: - Soy una tumba.
EN: I can be silent as the grave.
ES: - ¡Seré una tumba! - Lo sé.
EN: ( snickers ) No, it will be silent as the grave.
ES: No, será silencioso como una tumba.
EN: She's as silent as the grave.
ES: Está muda como una tumba.
EN: Well, the latch is as smooth as butter and silent as the grave.
ES: La puerta es muy suave... y tan silencioso como una tumba.
EN: But Gusto, it's as silent as the grave.
ES: Pero Gustav, si hay un silencio sepulcral.
EN: We shall be invisible and silent as the grave.
ES: Seremos invisibles... y silenciosos como una tumba.

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