wall of silence | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Strictsecretivenessmaintained by the members of a group with respect toinformationwhich might becontraryto theirinterests, especially information concerningquestionableactions by members of the group.Synonyms:code of silence,conspiracy of silenceHyponyms:blue wall of silence,blue code of silence;omertà,Sicilian code1975December 13, Regina Kahney, Sarah Montgomery, “Everyone's Favorite Mother”, inGay Community News, volume 3, number24, page13:[The persecution of homosexuals in the Holocaust is] a fact deliberately buried by history. This homophobic world does not intend to let the straight world know any of the real facts. Thewall of silenceis deliberate.1981August 6, “Rebel with a Cause: The real-life story of an anti-Mafia activist in Sicily makes for a handsome film with a political message”, inTime:That makes his struggle with the culture of omertà, thewall of silencethat allowed the Mafia to prevail for decades, all the more poignant.1994May 15, James Sterngold, “Japanese Begin to Crack the Wall Of Secrecy Around Official Acts”, inNew York Times, retrieved10 August 2012:Her parents sought the official report on the incident, but they have run into awall of silence.2006Quataert, Donald. "The Massacres of Ottoman Armenians and the Writing of Ottoman History". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 37 (2): 249–259. doi:10.1162/jinh.2006.37.2.249. ISSN 0022-1953. JSTOR 4139548.After the long lapse of serious Ottomanist scholarship on the Armenian question, it now appears that the Ottomanistwall of silenceis crumbling.2010March 9, Melissa Eddy, Alessandra Rizzo, “Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports”, inBusinessweek, retrieved11 August 2012:German justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, said Monday that a Vatican secrecy rule has played a role in a "wall of silence" surrounding sexual abuse of children.

Examples:

EN: Say, what is this wall of silence, a conspiracy?
ES: Oye, ¿qué es este muro de silencio, una conspiración?
EN: A wall of silence is Giuliano's most powerful weapon.
ES: Un muro de silencio es el arma más fuerte de Giuliano.
EN: I keep hitting a wall of silence.
ES: Estoy luchando contra un muro de silencio.
EN: I'll defeat this wall of silence.
ES: Lograré derribar este muro de silencio.
EN: It is ten o'clock, or perhaps eleven, it's late, it's early, the sun rises, night falls, the sounds never quite cease altogether, time never stops completely, even if it is now reduced to the merely imperceptible: a hairline crack in the wall of silence,
ES: Son las diez, o quizá las once, es tarde, es temprano, el día nace, la noche cae, los ruidos no cesan jamás por completo, el tiempo jamás se detiene del todo, ni aún siendo una minúscula brecha en el muro del silencio,
EN: But to speak out and break this wall of silence.
ES: Pero para hablar y romper este muro de silencio.
EN: After years and years, and for the first time... there's a hole in this wall of silence.
ES: Luego de años y años, por primera vez... se abre un resquicio en este muro de silencio.
EN: "But the time is coming soon when this wall of silence will be destroyed. "
ES: "Pero pronto llegará el momento en el que la pared de silencio será derribada. "
EN: - They put up a wall of silence.
ES: - Nadie dice una palabra.
EN: If we get the U.S. Ambassador ... the wall of silence would come down.
ES: Si conseguimos el embajador de EEUU... el muro de silencio cairá.
EN: They surround themselves in a wall of silence.
ES: Se encierran en un muro de silencio.
EN: Fuck the corrupt cops with their anus-violating plungers and their 41 shots, standing behind a blue wall of silence.
ES: Al carajo con la policía corrupta, que te mete un palo en el culo... te dispara 41 tiros... y se esconde detrás de un muro de silencio.
EN: "Although there is little doubt that the bell ringers were responsible, "the constabulary met with a wall of silence."
ES: Aumque hay pocas dudas de que los responsables fueron los campaneros, la policía encontró un muro de silencio.
EN: I'm talking about Mr. Jordan Collier, who recently breached the government's wall of silence and chose to out himself as one of the notorious 4,400.
ES: Hablo del Sr. Jordan Collier, quién hace poco quebró el silencio del Gobierno... y eligió revelarse como uno de los célebres 4400.
EN: His denouncements have knocked down the wall of silence.
ES: Su denuncia ha roto el muro del silencio.

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