English / proverb
Dead Men Can Tell No Tales
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A deceased person cannot disclose secrets, testify, or reveal sensitive information.
In context
01
The rogue executive believed that dead men can tell no tales, but automated backups preserved every shred of evidence.
02
Conspirators silenced the whistleblower because dead men can tell no tales, yet the leak had already spread.
Synonyms
dead men don't talk,corpses reveal nothing,silence of the grave
Antonyms
the truth will out,witnesses will speak
Collocations
assume dead men can tell no tales,believe dead men can tell no tales,cynical truth that dead men can tell no tales